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The L.A. Confidential of the 21st century. A thriller gripping thriller about the corrupt dream factory of Hollywood. “The book we’ve all been waiting for.” —Michael Connelly Winner of the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award Efficient and capable, Mae Pruett works in Los Angeles as a fixer for what she calls “the Beast,” a discreet but powerful network of lawyers, PR firms, and private security companies that protects the rich and powerful, including Hollywood’s biggest celebrities. However, when her boss and mentor, Dan Hennigan, is gunned down in a seemingly random attack on Sunset Boulevard, her life is turned upside down. Forced to confront the twisted system of "the Beast" and the corruption that sustains it, Mae embarks on a hallucinatory adventure through a city populated by tycoons, addicts, homeless people, corrupt cops, lost souls, predators in search of young flesh, and mysterious demolition crews operating in the dead of night, as she fights relentlessly for her life and redemption. Winner of the prestigious Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award and selected as the best crime novel of the year by The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Times, Silence That Kills is an addictive, timely, and heartbreaking novel that combines the brutality of James Ellroy with the poetic sensibility of Raymond Chandler in a raw, unfiltered journey through a metropolis, Los Angeles, whose contrasts make it little short of a neon-lit jungle. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In this \"dazzling\" (New York Times Book Review) mystery from an Edgar Award winning author, a fearless black-bag publicist exposes the belly of the L.A. beast. A New York Times Best Crime Book of the Year * A NYTBR Editors' Choice Selection * An Anthony Award Nominee * A Barry Award Nominee * An ABA January 2023 Indie Next List Pick * Recommended by New York Times Book Review * NPR/Fresh Air * Wall Street Journal * Washington Post whispers.\" As a \"black-bag\" publicist tasked not with letting the good news out but keeping the bad news in, Mae works for one of LA's most powerful and sought-after crisis PR firms, at the center of a sprawling web of lawyers, PR flaks, and private security firms she calls \"The Beast.\" They protect the rich and powerful and depraved by any means necessary. After her boss is gunned down in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel in a random attack, Mae takes it upon herself to investigate and runs headfirst into The Beast's lawless machinations and the twisted systems it exists to perpetuate. It takes her on a roving neon joyride through a Los Angeles full of influencers pumped full of pills and fillers; sprawling mansions steps away from sprawling homeless encampments; crooked cops and mysterious wrecking crews in the middle of the night. Edgar Award-winner Jordan Harper's Everybody Knows is addicting and alarming, a \"juggernaut of a novel\" and \"an absolute tour de force.\" It is what the crime novel can achieve in the modern age: portray the human lives at the center of vast American landscapes and make us thrill at their attempts to face impossible odds. \"The book everybody's been waiting for\" --Michael Connelly \"The best mystery novel I've read in years\" --James Patterson

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