"Newton Thornburg is one of the best hidden secrets in the crime writing field, and his revival is much overdue."—Maxim Jakubowski
Two apparent suicides and a pair of brutal sex murders plunge would-be starlet Foxy Reno and ex-hippie drifter Crow into the dark underbelly of Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley. As Crow and Reno embark on a hunt for the killer, they discover the dark side of desire in this white-hot California thriller.
Newton Thornburg was born in Illinois in 1929. Since 1973, he has been a full-time novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of ten novels including Knockover, To Die in California, Black Angus, and Cutter and Bone. He lives in Redmond, Washington.