American Tabloid (Underworld USA Trilogy #1)

Tough, brutal and staccato, Ellroy delivers a might-have-been tale of corruption bubbling under Camelot's bright image.

Behind JFK's assassination lurk three bent lawmen -- two FBI agents and a rogue ex-L.A. sheriff. Their cynical parts fit a crazy pattern of circumstance as the novel speeds toward that fateful day in Dallas in 1963.

"Hard-bitten...ingenious...Ellroy segues into political intrigue without missing a beat." (The New York Times)