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Almost

Almost
  • Author(s): Dan McNay
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

A raw and tender novel with a powerful jaw-dropping narrative climax that will stay with you forever. The Los Angeles university campus where Violet works is undergoing restructuring. Her friend Sandy has lost her job and the atmosphere has...

Bad Bones

Bad Bones
  • Author(s): Graham Marks
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

Gabe is feeling the pressure. His family has money troubles, he’s hardly talking to his dad, plus lowlife Benny is on his case. Needing some space to think, he heads off into the hills surrounding LA. And he suddenly...

Be Cool

Be Cool
  • Author(s): Elmore Leonard
  • Location(s): Los Angeles, Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Modern

The sequel to Chili Palmer’s hit movie tanked and now Chili’s itching for a comeback. So when a power lunch with record-label executive and former associate Tommy Athens ends in a mob hit, he soon finds himself in an...

Beijing Payback

Beijing Payback
  • Author(s): Daniel Nieh
  • Location(s): Beijing (Peking), Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Victor Li and his sister Jules are devastated by their father’s murder in a botched burglary. Their dad was a well-loved owner of several popular Chinese restaurants outside Los Angeles. But when Victor finds a confessional letter from his...

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl

Brave Girl, Quiet Girl
  • Author(s): Catherine Ryan Hyde
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From New York Times bestselling author Catherine Ryan Hyde comes a gripping and emotional novel about friendship, motherhood, and the journey toward finding a place to call home. Brooke is a divorced single mom, financially strapped, living with her...

Brothers and Sisters

Brothers and Sisters
  • Author(s): Bebe Moore Campbell
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Late 20th century

Set against the smoldering embers of post-riot Los Angeles, Brothers and Sisters confirms Bebe Moore Campbell’s reputation for fiction that “cuts close to the bone of real life” (Atlanta Journal). Esther Jackson is a bank manager who’s worked hard...

Cemetery Boys

Cemetery Boys
  • Author(s): Aiden Thomas
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): N/A

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin...

Chasing Salomé

Chasing Salomé
  • Author(s): Martin Turnbull
  • Location(s): Hollywood
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920

Alla Nazimova has reached the pinnacle of success. She is the highest-paid actress in town, with a luxurious estate, the respect of her peers, adoration of her fans, and a series of lovers that has included the first wife...

City of Bones

City of Bones
  • Author(s): Michael Connelly
  • Location(s): Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

The outstanding eighth Harry Bosch thriller from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer. When the bones of a boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings...

Cold Desert Sky

Cold Desert Sky
  • Author(s): Rod Reynolds
  • Location(s): Las Vegas, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1946

Late 1946 and Charlie Yates and his wife Lizzie have returned to Los Angeles, trying to stay anonymous in the city of angels. But when Yates, back in his old job at the Pacific Journal, becomes obsessed by the...

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