At one point in Ellroy's new mystery, a character wonders if the world is "nothing but wimps, pimps, psychos and sex fiends," and by the end of this book the reader wonders, too. Estranged from his wife and daughters and on the verge of forced early retirement, L.A.P.D. Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins is assigned to "liaise" with the FBI in investigating bank robberies in which the doxies of philandering bank managers have been held hostage. Hopkins's "hot-dogging" investigative methods blur the lines between good guys and bad guys, and by the final series of bloody climaxes almost everybody seems psycho. The book hurtles along with almost equal gore and slapstick, L.A.'s sleazy sides are brilliantly drawn and if the ending is a bit melodramatic readers will have had their money's worth. Ellroy can't write a dull line.
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Hardback Editions
January 2001 : Hardback
| Title: Suicide Hill (Gemstar) Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-7595-0132-7 / 978-0-7595-0132-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Oxmoor House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2001 : Hardback
| Title: Suicide Hill (Oeb) Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-7595-2158-1 / 978-0-7595-2158-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Oxmoor House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 1988 : Hardback
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-7126-1988-7 / 978-0-7126-1988-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Mysterious Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1986 : Hardback
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-89296-235-6 / 978-0-89296-235-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Mysterious Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
August 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 1-4000-9530-1 / 978-1-4000-9530-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 1989 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-445-40852-9 / 978-0-445-40852-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Mysterious Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1989 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): Ellroy James ISBN: 0-445-40772-7 / 978-0-445-40772-5 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
November 1988 : Paperback
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-09-949830-8 / 978-0-09-949830-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 1988 : Paperback
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-7126-2343-4 / 978-0-7126-2343-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Mysterious Press Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 1987 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): Ellroy James ISBN: 0-445-40585-6 / 978-0-445-40585-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Warner Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
July 2006 : Audio CD
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-7927-4011-4 / 978-0-7927-4011-7 (USA edition) Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
November 2001 : Kindle edition
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March 2001 : Unbound
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-7595-6131-1 / 978-0-7595-6131-1 (USA edition) Publisher: iPublish.com Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
March 2001 : Unbound
| Title: Suicide Hill Author(s): James Ellroy ISBN: 0-7595-8135-5 / 978-0-7595-8135-7 (USA edition) Publisher: iPublish.com Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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