Suicide Hill, James Ellroy
Suicide Hill, James Ellroy
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Suicide Hill

Author: James Ellroy

Narrator: L. J. Ganser

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2009

Synopsis

In disgrace after a badly handled arrest in New Orleans, Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins is assigned as a liaison officer to an FBI investigation into a series of diabolical and clever bank robberies. Three men have done their homework: they choose bank managers who are having affairs, kidnap their girlfriends, and force the managers to open the banks early. When the bank robbers turn violent, Hopkins finds himself with a bit of information he would rather not have—information about police corruption that reaches into the office of his sworn enemy Fred Gaffney, head of the Internal Affairs Division.

About James Ellroy

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His LA Quartet novels—The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz—were international bestsellers. American Tabloid was Time’s Novel of the Year for 1995, and his memoir My Dark Places was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996. He lives on the California coast.

About L. J. Ganser

L. J. Ganser is a multiple Audie Award–winning narrator with over six hundred titles recorded to date. Prized for versatility, his work ranges from preschool books to crime noir thrillers, from astronomical adventures in both science and science fiction, to Arctic Circle high school basketball stories. He lives in New York City with his family and dog, Mars.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Greg on August 16, 2010

Suicide Hill is a crappy name for a book, and the third book in James Ellroy's Lloyd Hopkins series of books. The title of the books i just shitty, I don't know what I would name the book, but the title is blah. Sorry, demon dog. I don't know anything about James Ellroy's motivation at the time of t......more

Goodreads review by Terry on February 15, 2024

I read 'Because the Night' back in 2021--I really thought I would read the third Lloyd Hopkins before now. I liked this better than the second book, maybe not as much as the first. The ending really surprised me--I won't say more about that! Loved the Los Angeles setting. I live in Southern Californ......more

Goodreads review by Kevidently on March 01, 2021

As a guy who likes crime fiction and mysteries, I've heard a lot about James Ellroy. On paper, it feels like I should love James Ellroy. Then again, on paper, I should love Michael Connelly, and I just don't. I want to. I liked The Poet enough. But I've tried over and over and I'm not snagging on wh......more

Goodreads review by Josh on January 26, 2016

In SUICIDE HILL, James Ellroy puts the emphasis on a wayward bank robber and his delusional dream of converting a junkie into a rock star prone to tricking to feed her habit, rather than the tainted series protagonist Lloyd Hopkins which gives the last installment in the Lloyd Hopkins trilogy a dist......more

Goodreads review by andy on February 23, 2023

This one was great! Finally Lloyd faces some consequences and feels like he has something to fear in his life. The killers were an interesting group and it read a lot more like the other Ellroy books I love. Would recommend. BUT would I tell people they need to read the other books first? I guess it......more

Quotes

“One of the great American writers of our time.”  Los Angeles Times

“His spare noir style…hits like a cleaver but…is honed like a scalpel.”  Chicago Tribune

“Nobody in this generation matches the breadth and depth of James Ellroy’s way with noir.” The Detroit News

“Literate, suspenseful, honest…His pages crackle with maniac energy…Ellroy captures the vocabulary, the rituals, the smells and rhythms and colors of real people living on the edge…Nobody since Chandler has evoked so perfectly the seamy side of LA.” Austin Chronicle

“The book hurtles along with almost equal gore and slapstick, L.A.’s sleazy sides are brilliantly drawn…Ellroy can’t write a dull line.” Publishers Weekly

“Undeniable edge and punch” Kirkus

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