Suicide Hill
This article is about the novel. For the mountain in Montana, see Suicide Hill (Montana). For the ski jump in Michigan, see Suicide Hill Ski Jump.
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| Author | James Ellroy |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy |
| Genre | Novel, crime fiction |
| Publisher | The Mysterious Press |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 280 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-445-40852-4 (first edition, hardcover) |
| OCLC | 44621655 |
| Preceded by | Because the Night (novel) (1984) |
| Followed by | Killer on the Road (1986) |
Suicide Hill is a crime fiction novel written by James Ellroy.[1] Released in 1986, it is the third and final installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy.[2]
Plot summary
The novel begins a psychiatrist's assessment recommending that Hopkins be immediately retired from duty with a full pension. Hopkins eludes compulsory retirement with attachment as LAPD liaison officer to an FBI bank robbery investigation. Hopkins then manipulates his way into robbery/homicide investigations. The novel's story line and characters twist and turn.
References
- ↑ Suicide Hill by James Ellroy, Kirkus Reviews, April 17, 1986, retrieved 2013-02-14.
- ↑ Dennis Lehane (September 4, 2014). "The Big Sweep - James Ellroy's 'Perfidia'". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
External links
- review from goodreads.com
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