TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Page

Introduction

PART I: POLICE & THIEVES

MICHAEL CONNELLY                                                      Mulholland Drive
Mulholland Dive

NAOMI HIRAHARA                                                           Koreatown
Number 19

EMORY HOLMES II                                                          Leimert Park
Dangerous Days

DENISE HAMILTON                                                          San Marino
Midnight in Silicon Valley

PART II: HOLLYWOODLANDIA

JANET FITCH                                                                     Los Feliz
The Method

PATT MORRISON                                                               Beverly Hills
Morocco Junction 90210

CHRISTOPHER RICE                                                          West Hollywood
Over Thirty

HÉCTOR TOBAR                                                                 East Hollywood
Once More, Lazarus

PART III: EAST OF LA CIENEGA

SUSAN STRAIGHT                                                                Downtown
The Golden Gopher

JIM PASCOE                                                                        Los Angeles River
The Kidnapper Bell

NEAL POLLACK                                                                  Commerce
City of Commerce

LIENNA SILVER                                                                   Fairfax District
Fish

GARY PHILLIPS                                                                   Mid-City
Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave

PART IV: THE GOLD COAST

SCOTT PHILLIPS                                                                   Pacific Palisades
The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones

BRIAN ASCALON ROLEY                                                      Mar Vista
Kinship

ROBERT FERRIGNO                                                               Belmont Shore
The Hour When the Ship Comes In

DIANA WAGMAN                                                                    Westchester
What You See

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