ellroy the best by far! through the investigation of three police officers, Bud White, Ed Exley and Jack Vincennes, the author shows us Los Angeles in a new light, a city where the links between mafia, police and politicians are very narrow, a city where corruption has become the norm. Three very different policemen: a brute, an ambitious cop and a character of questionable morality, all three haunted by their past. They will be called upon to collaborate in the investigation of Night Owl, despite their differences.