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The Black Dahlia
Featured Article: These Noir Listens Will Take You to the Dark Side of Fiction
What do you love most in your mystery listens? Is it dark, moody settings and gritty storylines? Is it morally ambiguous main characters with complex inner lives? If so, noir is your kind of fiction. As a literary genre, noir can be difficult to nail down because so much of it is based on a general feeling of darkness and danger. Noir fiction was inspired by film noir, and film noir traces its roots to hard-boiled detective novels. Check out the world of noir fiction audiobooks.
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Clandestine
- Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classics
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 77
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 69
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Story4 out of 5 stars 68
Fred Underhill is a young cop on the rise in Los Angeles in the early 1950s....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Early Proto-Ellroy
- By Darwin8u on 05-21-18
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Clandestine
- Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classics
- Narrated by: William Roberts
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-05-13
- Language: English
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James Ellroy's American Tabloid
- A Full Cast Audio Drama
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, Alessandro Nivola, Maya Hawke, and others
- Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 87
In 1995, James Ellroy’s novel American Tabloid shocked the world with its gritty reimagining of the events leading up to the JFK assassination. Now, an all-star cast brings Ellroy’s masterwork to life in this gripping new audio adaptation....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Why did they take out all the racist/homophobic dialogue?
- By Justin G on 11-17-23
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James Ellroy's American Tabloid
- A Full Cast Audio Drama
- Narrated by: Brian Cox, Alessandro Nivola, Maya Hawke, Shea Whigham, Elliott Gould, Bobby Cannavale, full cast
- Series: Underworld USA Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 20 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 11-16-23
- Language: English
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Blood on the Moon
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 208
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Story4 out of 5 stars 183
Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can't stand music, or any loud sounds. He's got a beautiful wife, but he can't get enough of other women.....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Looking for new answers
- By Darwin8u on 08-18-18
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Blood on the Moon
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 11-01-10
- Language: English
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The Cold Six Thousand
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 24 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 452
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 311
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Story4 out of 5 stars 308
James Ellroy's high-velocity, best selling novels have redefined noir for our age, propelling us within inches of the dark realities of America's recent history...
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4 out of 5 stars
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Smile more and hate less.
- By Darwin8u on 02-24-16
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The Cold Six Thousand
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Series: Underworld USA Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 24 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 05-22-01
- Language: English
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Because the Night
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 52
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4 out of 5 stars 47
Three citizens are butchered during a liquor store holdup. An unstable veteran cop vanishes without a trace....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A rough draft for better Noir that will come
- By Darwin8u on 08-18-18
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Because the Night
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 11-01-10
- Language: English
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Brown's Requiem
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4 out of 5 stars 69
Fritz Brown’s L.A. - and his life - are masses of contradictions, like stirring chorales sung for the dead....
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4 out of 5 stars
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it's ok
- By Valentine McGillycuddy on 12-02-18
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Brown's Requiem
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-05-12
- Language: English
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Suicide Hill
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 214
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 177
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Story4 out of 5 stars 177
In disgrace after a badly handled arrest in New Orleans, Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins is assigned as a liaison officer to an FBI investigation of a series of diabolical and clever bank robberies....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Try this title for a change of pace
- By Robert on 04-19-16
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Suicide Hill
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-01-09
- Language: English
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American Tabloid
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 657
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 580
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 581
We are behind, and below, the scenes of JFK's presidential election, the Bay of Pigs, the assassination....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Riding a shotgun to history
- By Darwin8u on 02-08-16
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American Tabloid
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Series: Underworld USA Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 09-08-15
- Language: English
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The Black Dahlia
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,202
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 871
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Story4 out of 5 stars 872
On January 15, 1947, the tortured body of a beautiful young woman was found in a vacant lot in Hollywood....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great naration
- By Grasshopper.Craig on 09-10-06
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The Black Dahlia
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Series: LA Quartet, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-25-06
- Language: English
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Hollywood Nocturnes
- Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classics
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
Nobody plays accordion like Dick Contino. His skilled fingers can find beauty in even the schmaltziest Borscht Belt favorites, and with his matinee-idol looks he could be a real star....
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Hollywood Nocturnes
- Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classics
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 07-09-13
- Language: English
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This Storm
- A Novel
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 174
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Story4 out of 5 stars 151
January '42. L.A. reels from Pearl Harbor. Local Japanese residents are rounded up and slammed behind bars. Massive thunderstorms hit the city. A body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops tag it a routine dead-man job. They're wrong. It's an early-warning signal of chaos....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pulp. Mucho Pulp. Too much pulp.
- By Mr Dangerous on 06-09-19
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This Storm
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 26 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 06-04-19
- Language: English
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The Enchanters
- A Novel
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 54
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 44
James Ellroy—Demon Dog of American Letters—goes straight to the tragic heart of 1962 Hollywood with a wild riff on the Marilyn Monroe death myth in an astonishing, behind-the-headlines crime epic....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Ellroy is tired
- By butwhatdoIknow on 11-29-23
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The Enchanters
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-12-23
- Language: English
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Widespread Panic
- A Novel
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 99
From the modern master of noir comes a novel based on the real-life Hollywood fixer Freddy Otash, the malevolent monarch of the 1950s LA underground, and his Tinseltown tabloid Confidential magazine....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great for those familiar with Ellroy
- By Jonathon Pledger on 07-02-21
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Widespread Panic
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-15-21
- Language: English
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L.A. Confidential
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 769
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 694
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 691
Christmas 1951, Los Angeles: a city where the police are as corrupt as the criminals....
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4 out of 5 stars
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...safe passage for ruthless men in love.
- By Darwin8u on 11-30-15
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L.A. Confidential
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Series: LA Quartet, Book 3
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 06-23-15
- Language: English
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My Dark Places
- A True Crime Autobiography
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
In 1958 Jean Ellroy was murdered, her body dumped on a roadway in a seedy L.A. suburb. Her killer was never found, and the police dismissed her as a casualty of a cheap Saturday night....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Haughting. I did cry. A good cry.
- By Nerda Trusty on 09-12-19
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My Dark Places
- A True Crime Autobiography
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 07-23-19
- Language: English
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Destination: Morgue!
- L.A. Tales
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
Dig. The Demon Dog gets down with a new book of scenes from America’s capital of kink: Los Angeles. Fourteen pieces, some fiction, some nonfiction, all true enough to be admissible as state’s evidence, and half of it in print for the first time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Noir in the 21st century
- By Michael on 12-31-23
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Destination: Morgue!
- L.A. Tales
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 11-08-22
- Language: English
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Blood's a Rover
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 277
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Story4 out of 5 stars 187
Political noir as only James Ellroy can write it....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ellroy is a magician
- By Christopher on 09-25-09
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Blood's a Rover
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Series: Underworld USA Trilogy, Book 3
- Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-22-09
- Language: English
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Perfidia
- A Novel
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 28 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 329
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4 out of 5 stars 294
It is December 6, 1941. America stands at the brink of World War II. Last hopes for peace are shattered when Japanese squadrons bomb Pearl Harbor. Los Angeles has been a haven for loyal Japanese-Americans—but now, war fever and race hate grip the city and the Japanese internment begins....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Masterpiece of Writing and Narration
- By Charles LaBorde on 01-05-15
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Perfidia
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Craig Wasson
- Length: 28 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-09-14
- Language: English
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White Jazz
- A Novel
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 257
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Story4 out of 5 stars 197
Los Angeles, 1958. Killings, beatings, bribes, shakedowns - it's standard procedure for Lieutenant Dave Klein, LAPD. He's a slumlord, a bagman, an enforcer....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Love me fierce in danger.
- By Darwin8u on 12-06-15
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White Jazz
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Series: LA Quartet, Book 4
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 05-18-07
- Language: English
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The Big Nowhere
- By: James Ellroy
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
New Year's Eve as 1949 turns to 1950, Los Angeles: The City of Angels has becomes the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community....
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the best in the genre
- By Matt on 03-20-23
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The Big Nowhere
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Series: LA Quartet, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 06-01-16
- Language: English
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