The Big Nowhere

By (author): "James Ellroy"
Publish Date: September 1st 1988
The Big Nowhere
ISBN0446674370
ISBN139780446674379
AsinThe Big Nowhere
CharactersDeputy Danny Upshaw, Turner "Buzz" Meeks, lieutenant Malcolm
Original titleThe Big Nowhere
SeriesL.A. Quartet #2
Los Angeles, 1950 Red crosscurrents: the Commie Scare and a string of brutal mutilation killings. Gangland intrigue and Hollywood sleaze. Three cops caught in a hellish web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. Danny Upshaw is a Sheriff's deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs nobody cares about; they're his chance to make his name as a cop...and to sate his darkest curiosities. Mal Considine is D.A.'s Bureau brass. He's climbing on the Red Scare bandwagon to advance his career and to gain custody of his adopted son, a child he saved from the horror of postwar Europe. Buzz Meeks-bagman, ex-Narco goon, and pimp for Howard Hughes-is fighting communism for the money. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare.