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A Violent Masterpiece

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A Violent Masterpiece

By: Jordan Harper
Narrated by: Peter Giles, Christine Lakin, Rama Vallury
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This 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.

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.

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 ...

Jake Deal 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.”

Doug Gibson 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.

Kara Delgado works 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.

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. Crime Crime Fiction Mystery Noir Emotionally Gripping
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Critic reviews

"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 "—S.A. Cosby author of KING OF ASHES
"What a novel. Sun-flecked, blood-drenched, night-saturated, A Violent Masterpiece is 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."—Meg Gardiner, author of Heat 2
"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 A Violent Masterpiece. 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.”—David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of Winter Counts
"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."—Rob Hart, author of the Assassins Anonymous series
“Edgar winner Harper’s riveting latest (after The Last King of California) 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.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"Harper's latest displays his sublime storytelling talents."—Library Journal, Starred Review
“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!"—Paula Woods, LA Times
"This addictive page-turner offers an ugly vision of American soullessness but also leaves room for hope."—Kirkus Reviews
Captivating Writing • Immersive Storytelling • Excellent Character Descriptions • Timely Subject

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Didn’t expect that! Well written and even better narration. Kept me listening for hours at a time.

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I just got my ass kicked by this book. I feel like I lived through something significant. It was just a book though, right? Just a book.

Thanks, Jordan. Gonna go live now.

The book we deserved and needed

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I waited for this audio version to come out since it was first added as a pre-order. I don’t get many books from my favorite writers and this one was worth the wait.

Now…this book almost seems like a work of non-fiction in comparison to the state of affairs of the U.S. and the events that weve all witnessed come to the light over the last 10 years. Harper never fails to captivate and this one is had me by the throat. I haven’t read the bad reviews or any reviews at all, instead I listened for myself. Don’t skip out on this one.

Harper’s Magnum Opus

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Power, greed, hedonism, murder and medically assisted excesses across the LA culture told brilliantly and performed masterfully.
Characterizations right out of a Dragnet story with Manson, Pulp Fiction and Hannibal Lecter mixed in.

Stark Reality of Excess

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Absolutely fantastic book. Keeps you interested right from the start. Not for the soft hearted. A lot of mature themes and disgusting crime’s involved

Not for the soft hearted

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