Author: James Ellroy Year: 1993 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Noir, Short Stories, Detective
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Dick Contino - 50s accordion player, a star in the making, is destroyed by a draft-dodging scandal. His life is on the skids until he comes up with the idea of resurrecting his career with a fake kidnapping scam.
Meanwhile a serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles...a killer who is closer to Contino than he suspects - a killer who wants in on the kidnap, for real...
Plus five previously unpublished short stories.
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