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The big nowhere : a novel of Los Angeles 1950

As the communist witch-hunt spreads its net ever wider over Movieland -- and a killer stalks the streets -- three men are drawn into a tortuous web of perversion and deceit: Danny Upshaw, a young detective obsessed with a murderer of unparalleled brutality; Buzz Meeks, who pimps for Howard Hughes; and Mal Considine, a law officer driven by a private compulsion that threatens to overwhelm him. When the two investigations merge, each man is forced to confront his own personal nightmare. But nothing can prepare them for the maelstrom they charge into...

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  • "As the communist witch-hunt spreads its net ever wider over Movieland -- and a killer stalks the streets -- three men are drawn into a tortuous web of perversion and deceit: Danny Upshaw, a young detective obsessed with a murderer of unparalleled brutality; Buzz Meeks, who pimps for Howard Hughes; and Mal Considine, a law officer driven by a private compulsion that threatens to overwhelm him. When the two investigations merge, each man is forced to confront his own personal nightmare. But nothing can prepare them for the maelstrom they charge into..."@en
  • "A story of three very different cops caught in a hellish web of ambition, perversion, and deceit during a grand jury investigation into communist influence on labor union strikes in Los Angeles of 1950."
  • "Los Angeles, 1950. Three cops caught in a hellish web of ambition, perversion, and deceit. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare."
  • "Schrecken und das nackte Grauen gehen in Hollywood um. In der Traumfabrik munkelt man in diesem Januar 1950 von einer neuerlichen Kommunistenhatz. Und dann schlägt ein offenbar wahnsinniger Mörder die Stadt in seinen Bann."
  • "Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s as the Red scare blazes, three men--an unheeded deputy, an opportunist D.A.'s assistant, and a high-rolling pimp--become immersed in a nightmarish reality."@en
  • "De jacht op communisten en op een lustmoordenaar voeren tot in de donkerste hoeken van de onderwereld van Los Angeles en Hollywood."
  • "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. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare."@en
  • "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. All three men have purchased tickets to a nightmare."
  • "1950's Los Angeles: The city of Angels has become the city of the Angel of death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community. Three men are plunged into a maelstrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own personal darkness."
  • "RED CROSSCURRENTS: THE COMMIE SCARE AND A STRING OF BRUTAL MUTILATION KILLING."
  • "Set in Los Angeles in the 1950s as the Red scare blazes, three men--an unheeded deputy, an opportunistic D.A.'s assistant, and a high-rolling pimp--become immersed in a nightmarish reality."
  • "As the communist witch-hunt spreads its net ever wider over Movieland -- and a killer stalks the streets -- three men are drawn into a tortuous web of perversion and deceit: Danny Upshaw, a young detective obsessed with a murderer of unparalleled brutality; Buzz Meeks, who pimps for Howard Hughes; and Mal Considine, a law officer driven by a private compulsion that threatens to overwhelm him. When the two investigations merge, each man is forced to confront his own personal nightmare. But nothing can prepare them for the maelstrom they charge into ..."

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  • "Krimis, Thriller, Spionage"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Littérature policière américaine"
  • "Detective and mystery stories, American"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Crime & mystery"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Powieść kryminalna amerykańska"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en

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  • "Blutschatten : Roman"
  • "The big nowhere : a novel of Los Angeles 1950"@en
  • "Ingenmandsland"@da
  • "O grande deserto"
  • "To megalo pouthena"
  • "The big nowhere : a crime novel"
  • "The big nowhere : a crime novel"@en
  • "Blutschatten"
  • "Den stora tomheten"
  • "Den stora tomheten"@sv
  • "The big nowhere"
  • "The big nowhere"@en
  • "El gran desierto"@es
  • "El gran desierto"
  • "Blutschatten Roman"
  • "The Big nowhere"
  • "Blutschatten : Thriller"
  • "Le Grand nulle part"
  • "Marele niciunde"
  • "De lange leegte"
  • "Le grand nulle part"
  • "Il grande nulla"
  • "Il grande nulla"@it
  • "Veliko ništavilo"
  • "Hollywood - suuri tyhjyys"@fi
  • "Big Nowhere"@en
  • "Marele niciunde : [roman]"
  • "The big nowhere a crime novel"@en
  • "The Big Nowhere"
  • "The Big Nowhere"@en
  • "Wu chu cang shen"
  • "El Gran desierto"

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