The big nowhere Author Surname:Ellroy Meet New York City as

Meet New York City as a city of hoodlum rats

There is also the added enigma of a birthday party at the hotel involving characters who were connected with the dead woman

On the night of 22 December 1980

When Ellery discovers the body of the groom floating in the pool in the rain

Detective Louise Rick has just taken on a challenging new job as head of the freshly created Mobile Task Unit

The big nowhere Author Surname:Ellroy Meet New York City asThis novel is set in Los Angeles, the city of angels that has become the city of the Angel of Death. It is about communist witch hunts and about insanely violent killings which are terrorising the community.