Her unfulfilling job as a movie critic for a counterculture periodical violently interrupted when a young film student is murdered, Ann Whitehead fights with a disgraced LAPD detective over her coverage of the investigation and discovers a link between the victim and her missing script. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.
Helen Knode was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1957. She worked as a film critic and columnist for the
L.A. Weekly from 1985 to 1991. She now lives in Northern California with her husband, bestselling author James Ellroy. This is her first novel.
Helen Knode was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1957. She worked as a film critic and columnist for the L.A. Weekly from 1985 to 1991. She now lives in Northern California with her husband, bestselling author James Ellroy. This is her first novel.