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"Rhino" Rick Jenson
Series · 3 books · 2003-2007

Books in series

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#1

Destination

Morgue

2003

Dig. The Demon Dog gets down with a new book of scenes from America’s capital of Los Angeles. Fourteen pieces, some fiction, some nonfiction, all true enough to be admissible as state’s evidence, and half of it in print for the first time. And every one of them bearing the James Ellroy brand of mayhem, machismo, and hollow-nose prose. Here are Mexican featherweights and unsolved-murder vics, crooked cops and a very clean D.A. Here is a profile of Hollywood’s latest celebrity perp-walker, Robert Blake, and three new novellas featuring a demented detective with an obsession with a Hollywood actress. And, oh yes, just maybe the last appearance of Hush-Hush sleaze-monger Danny Getchell. Here’s Ellroy himself, shining a 500-watt Mag light into all the dark places of his life and imagination. Morgue! puts the reader’s attention in a hammerlock and refuses to let go.
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#2

Scasso con stupro

2007

Quando Donna, collega del detective Jenson del dipartimento di polizia di Los Angeles, comincia a ricevere inquietanti lettere e mail da un pervertito, nella mente del detective riaffiora un'antica ossessione. Il caso irrisolto di Stephanie, violentata e uccisa nel suo appartamento da un maniaco, è ancora una ferita aperta nel cuore del detective, che adesso teme per la donna di cui è segretamente innamorato. Le sue indagini lo mettono sulle tracce di un giornalista e di una famosa attrice porno con un oscuro e sfortunato passato come transessuale castrato da un killer arabo. Ma dopo il suicidio dell'attrice, Jenson risolverà il caso in modo tanto imprevedibile quanto esilarante.
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#3

Jungletown Jihad

2006

Una misteriosa banda di rapinatori arabi semina il terrore a Los Angeles con una serie di omicidi. Il detective Jenson, sulle tracce degli assassini, scopre che Donna, la diva di cui è follemente innamorato, lavora con uno pseudoregista trash, De Freeze, che non solo filma scene erotiche per poi ricattare le vittime, ma finanzia anche il terrorismo islamico. Quando si accorge che Donna ha accettato di collaborare con la polizia per incastrarlo, De Freeze la rapisce e fugge. Jenson saprà non solo liberare l'amata, ma anche sventare un attentato alla notte degli Oscar, che avrebbe dovuto inaugurare una stagione di stragi e disastri.

Author

James Ellroy
James Ellroy
Author · 33 books

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels—The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz—were international best sellers. His novel American Tabloid was Time magazine’s Best Book (fiction) of 1995; his memoir, My Dark Places, was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996. His novel The Cold Six Thousand was a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book for 2001. Ellroy lives in Los Angeles. Ellroy is known for a "telegraphic" writing style, which omits words other writers would consider necessary, and often features sentence fragments. His books are noted for their dark humor and depiction of American authoritarianism. Other hallmarks of his work include dense plotting and a relentlessly pessimistic worldview. Ellroy has been called the "Demon Dog of American crime fiction." See also http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255278/

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