{"product_id":"a-violent-masterpiece","title":"A Violent Masterpiece","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE, Jordan Harper establishes that he is not only the modern master of the unique neon noir of LA or the rough hewn wisdom of the hills but can convincingly make a claim to be one of the finest authors working today \"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eS.A. Cosby author of KING OF ASHES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJordan Harper\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eEverybody Knows\u003c\/i\u003e, the Edgar-Award winning \n\u003ci\u003eShe Rides Shotgun, \u003c\/i\u003eand \n\u003ci\u003eLove and Other Wounds\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and educated in Missouri, he now lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a writer and producer for television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for EVERYBODY KNOWS: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \"Rages through the City of Angels like a broken-dam flood. It's got it all, but most of all it's got deep insight. It's the book everybody's been waiting for.\" ―Michael Connelly \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This tale of a crisis manager's journey of the soul is as bleak as Hollywood noir gets, skewering redemption narratives, romance and idealism. Every sentence sings with heartache.\"― \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Crime Novels of 2023 \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Harper, a Hollywood writer for more than a decade, perceptively illustrates the contrasts in the entertainment business-- \"perfect\" influencers who hide their drug addictions, giant mansions alongside homeless encampments -- and exposes the way people hide desperation under a veneer of fame.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e ― \n\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A bona-fide page-turner, pings with one-liners and scenes worthy of Raymond Chandler and Nathanael West.\"― \n\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] stunning new crime saga... The novel's scope is expansive, and so is the buzz that comes trailing it...a wholly contemporary story. The dark epic that unfurls in the pages of Everybody Knows makes 'ripped-from-the-headlines' crime shows seem quaint by comparison.... poised to be Harper's breakout novel...\"― \n\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"What a novel. Sun-flecked, blood-drenched, night-saturated, \n\u003ci\u003eA Violent Masterpiece \u003c\/i\u003eis page-turning Hollywood noir for an age of crime scene livestreams and billionaires without boundaries. And it's a love-and-rage letter to Los Angeles: fierce, vivid, unforgettable.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeg Gardiner, author of Heat 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Jordan Harper is many crime writers' favorite author, and I'm a charter member of that club. I've been appreciating his work for a long time, but I was absolutely blown away by \n\u003ci\u003eA Violent Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e. This book may be his best yet, and that's really saying something. Move over, James Ellroy, we might have the quintessential L.A. crime novel here. Amazing action, characters, and prose--this one's got it all. An incredible book.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of Winter Counts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"What is there to say, when you read a book like this, other than to call it like you see it: this is a violent masterpiece, and Jordan Harper is a generational talent.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRob Hart, author of the Assassins Anonymous series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"It's a feat of storytelling that each voice feels entirely authentic, and that the threads of their narratives come to intersect with such urgency. Every single page trembles.\" -- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Maris Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Edgar winner Harper's riveting latest (after \n\u003ci\u003eThe Last King of California\u003c\/i\u003e) follows a trio of Los Angeles strivers who investigate a series of horrific crimes.... As Harper's three leads converge, each becomes both weapon and target for Tinseltown's corrupt puppet masters. Razor-sharp dialogue and vivid prose (\"The city blurs in the dashcam display.... Like everything has its own light. Like the fire is already burning\") conjure an intoxicating atmosphere of glamor and decay, while Harper's distinct characters elicit deep emotional investment. The result is a glittering neo-noir with staying power.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Harper's latest displays his sublime storytelling talents.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This walk on Hollywood's very dark side highlights one of Harper's great gifts: making readers care about even the most compromised among us. Do the allusions and shout-outs to current events and personalities seem a little too close for comfort? I certainly hope so!\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Woods, LA Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This addictive page-turner offers an ugly vision of American soullessness but also leaves room for hope.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Jordan Harper, the modern-day master of Los Angeles crime fiction, takes on his most ambitious story yet, a kaleidoscopic vision of the city's underground. Crimes and voices braid together to form an unsettling new beast, as Harper channels his inner Ellroy and emerges with a wholly new and original style that captures something of the city's corrupt soul.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A contemporary LA noir on steroids here, from three alternating, expert perspectives...The imagery throughout includes worms, rot, disease, plague, vampires, and of course, darkness. A fascinating \"Creepy Crawl,\"...like staring too long at the depravity depicted in Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A noir dissection of Hollywood for a new generation, \n\u003ci\u003eA Violent Masterpiece\u003c\/i\u003e will define the LA novel for a long, long time. Hyperspeed, lush, and deadly, it lives up to the title--I loved this book.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Gran, author of The Book of the Most Precious Substance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Jordan Harper's grisly new neo-noir plumbs the depths of Hollywood depravity.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Ruland, Alta Online\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Pick up this barnburner now. The only book that equals it for sheer terror is \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of the Lambs.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"[A] fiendish, gorgeously written descent into hell. . .This is \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003enoir novel for our times.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThis epic crime novel tells a story of Los Angeles power brokers and those at the edge--and a single shattering incident that threatens to bring it all crashing down. \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Los Angeles, right now. America with its back up against the wall. This Frankenstein's monster of crimes and lurid dreams sewn together into something like a city. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A city ready to explode: A Hollywood pedophile is arrested, and is ready to tear down the city to get his freedom. A young woman goes missing--and men in black rubber gloves who look like cops clean out her apartment in the middle of the night. And the serial killer known as the LA Ripper is on the loose, leaving tragic\/graphic\/brutal crime scenes in his wake. Three people trying to keep their heads above the dirty water will find themselves coming together to unite these strands into one enormous, unspeakable crime ... \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJake Deal\u003c\/b\u003e is a gonzo live-streaming nightcrawler, beaming the city's chaos straight to his audience of blood-hungry subscribers, giving them the view from the top of the mushroom cloud--until a job he can't refuse drags him back into his old life of Hollywood glamour, drugs, sex and sleaze. Armed with cameras and hidden mics, he'll infiltrate private clubs, gather high-class dirt--and stumble onto a conspiracy woven into the center of LA's most powerful men, who call themselves \"The Kids in the Candy Store.\" \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDoug Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e is a street lawyer, who fights for his clients against the army of cops, prosecutors and judges--he is the knife they bring to the gunfight. But when he's hired by a Hollywood pedophile ready to sell out his friends for a chance for freedom, he'll take on a fight bigger than he could have imagined. And when his client \"commits suicide\" in prison, Gibson will have to stop being a weapon--and become a warrior. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKara Delgado \u003c\/b\u003eworks for an underground private concierge company--a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich. She scores drugs, makes connections, and plans multi-million dollar sex parties.She has learned the secret truth of this world: there are no rules, only prices. Her best friend Phoebe has gone missing, and Kara's the only person who knows that Phoebe's place was wiped clean of evidence by men in black rubber gloves. But when she begins to unravel the mystery of what happened to Phoebe, and its connection to the killer known as the LA Ripper, it will drag her into the dark heart of the city. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Jake, Doug and Kara all investigate these crimes, they'll encounter ketamine-addled sitcom stars, bloody riots, homeless gangsters, a killer cop on death row, secret vaults in Beverly Hills, tech-bro orgies, medical cannibals, true crime junkies, private security wet-work teams, reality shows, street takeovers, car chases, coyotes, a sadistic Tarzan, and a three day, fifty million dollar wedding, before everything is revealed and they must each make their choice about how to fight back in this violent world before the bloody, blazing conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 pg. 36 (EAN 9780316458405, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/02\/2026 (EAN 9780316458405, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780316458405, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2026 (EAN 9780316458405, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Mulholland Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496241234198,"sku":"9780316458405","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780316458405.jpg?v=1783057968","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/a-violent-masterpiece","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}