Perfidia

"James Ellroy is back in 1940s Los Angeles with Perfidia, the first book in a new series. It covers just a few weeks around the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when all of America (and LA in particular) is descending into madness and xenophobic fury. The plot revolves around the ritual murder of a Japanese family, but the big draw for Ellroy fans is the opportunity to see some of his already famous characters (like Dudley Smith, most notably) in the hotblooded viciousness of their youth. It’s a beautiful, violent, epic novel about a dark time in America that’s too often made glossy and bright in our memories."

"James Ellroy's "Perfidia." Once I re-skim the L.A. Quartet, so I'm fresh on all the cameos he's going to drop in."