This work is the story of a serial killer. The story is written in first person. In fact, James Ellroy signs here a remarkable novel where the art of the writer lies mainly in its prodigious ability to blend into the skin of a serial killer. Two major axes reading Note: The Journey to the murder and the psychological problems linked to childhood the narrator. Furthermore, this book remains comparable to the Black Dahlia -other Ellroy novel - in terms of the violence of certain scenes.