Three citizens are butchered during a liquor store holdup. An unstable veteran cop vanishes without a trace. Nothing connects these events except for a nagging hunch in the back of Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins' brain—a sinister foreboding that will lead him through the sin-and-sleaze playground of nighttime LA on the trail of a psycho psychiatrist with a talent for terror and mind-control. His gore-soaked journey through hell will plunge this determined manhunter into the dark heart of madness—and beyond.
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"Probably deserves three stars, but I'll give it four because I was creeped out by Dr. Haviland. He's a decent antagonist to super-cop Hopkins. It's worth the time to anyone who likes Ellroy and his style. " — Leo (4 out of 5 stars)
"Probably deserves three stars, but I'll give it four because I was creeped out by Dr. Haviland. He's a decent antagonist to super-cop Hopkins. It's worth the time to anyone who likes Ellroy and his style. "
“Because the Night is as much crime fiction as it is literary fiction. Intense, abrasive, and compelling, this is Ellroy at his very best.”
“One of the great American writers of our time.”
“An undeniably artful frenzy of violence, guilt, and unappeased self-loathing. Ellroy’s crime fiction represents a high mark in the genre.”
“A blood poet who writes as chain saws crank, Ellroy has vigorously redefined the well-shadowed turf of contemporary crime fiction.”
" Interesting but slower than expected. Story lines didn't make sense. Wouldn't recommend "
" Probably deserves three stars, but I'll give it four because I was creeped out by Dr. Haviland. He's a decent antagonist to super-cop Hopkins. It's worth the time to anyone who likes Ellroy and his style. "
" This was VERY dated. "
" One of his early novels. Not his best by a longshot. Ending is kind of ridiculous, but it has some strong moments. Minor work by a master. "
" Ellroy. My man. "
" Tightly drawn characters battling for some crude sense of justice and sanity in a world where the world turns a deaf ear to depravity as long as it's on the side of the Law. "
" While I liked the unexpected twists in this, the main character seemed to be a bit of a manic-depressive, alternating between Super-Cop and crying, and that put me off a bit, but not enough to stop reading the book. "
" Not quite at the level of LA Quartet intensity, but still a decent read. "
" Lesser-known Ellroy book compared to biggies like L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia, but it's still a great read. I'm definetely going to seek out "Blood on the Moon" next. "
" I gave up on this. It went in fits and starts and then I realized I just had no desire to waste any further time on it. This is early Ellroy. I just didn't find anything redeeming about the villain. But I did like the detective. "
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His LA Quartet novels—The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz—were international bestsellers. American Tabloid was Time’s Novel of the Year for 1995, and his memoir My Dark Places was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996. He lives on the California coast.
L. J. Ganser is a multiple Audie Award–winning narrator with over six hundred titles recorded to date. Prized for versatility, his work ranges from preschool books to crime noir thrillers, from astronomical adventures in both science and science fiction, to Arctic Circle high school basketball stories. He lives in New York City with his family and dog, Mars.
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