The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles, Ken Kuhlken
The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles, Ken Kuhlken
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The Biggest Liar in Los Angeles

Author: Ken Kuhlken

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 7 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2010

Synopsis

In 1926, musician Tom Hickey reads in a broadside about a lynching that the Los Angeles newspapers failed to report and discovers that the Negro victim was an old friend. When his neighbor, an LAPD detective, confirms that, officially, the lynching didnt occur, Hickey decides to investigate the murder, earning himself beatings, gunfire meant to dissuade him, and warnings from a Klansman that hes made some formidable enemies. Among them may be infamous Police Chief Two Gun Davis, Examiner publisher and political heavyweight William Randolph Hearst, and Harry Chandler, owner of the Times, who owns more land than any man in the world.

About Ken Kuhlken

Ken Kuhlken earned degrees in literature and writing and has been a columnist for the San Diego Reader. His stories have appeared in Esquire and Best American Short Stories, and he won the St. Martin’s Press / PWA Best First PI Novel Contest.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Suzanne

For thirteen months I was denied entrance to the public libraries here, although curbside pick-up has been available since June 2020. But no wandering around the stacks, just looking to see what was there, only online selection, which isn’t the same thing at all. So last weekend I got to go into the......more

Goodreads review by Mardyth

Enjoyable This book hopped back and forth between characters keeping the book interesting. It was hard to put down. I loved it.......more

Goodreads review by Patty

“The floor beneath Tom rose and fell, as if another earthquake had struck. He back-stepped and leaned against the brick wall. ‘Frank Gaines,’ he muttered.” p. 4 I picked up this audio at random. It was available when I went to the library, it wasn’t too long and I thought it might be good. I have to......more

Goodreads review by Liz

If you love LA Noir, this is a perfect book. It has everything; Aimee Semple McPherson, good cops bad cops, Harry Chandler, bands, William Randloph Hearst et al. You really feel like you're back in LA in the good old/bad old days. The descriptions of the street cars Echo Park and the ambience of the......more

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