The Garden of Sin: A Novel of Systemic Corruption in 1950's Los Angeles (The Cold Drawer) - Softcover

Phillips, M.G.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798181799646

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

In a city built on elegant lies, can a broken man save anyone—or is he just another weed waiting to be pulled?

1951, Los Angeles. It’s a city of bright lights and dark alleys, where the smog clings to the concrete and justice is a commodity for the highest bidder.

Sergeant Jack Delaney is a man on the edge. A decorated veteran of the Pacific theater, he’s still fighting the war in his head, haunted by the artillery fire of Peleliu and a "beast" that threatens to tear through his thin veneer of professional control. He’s a cop who still believes a badge means something, but in a department rotting from the inside out, that belief might be his death sentence.

When a routine report about a missing sixteen-year-old girl is scrubbed from the precinct records, Delaney smells a conspiracy. But he isn't fighting street thugs. He’s up against "The Broker". A clinical, high-society antagonist who views human lives as liabilities. She doesn't use lead to settle disputes; she uses ink. She is a technician of the soul, erasing inconvenient people from existence and burying the evidence in the administrative "Cold Drawer" of the LAPD.

Alongside his partner, Manny Morales—a man whose own moral compass is being tested by the crushing weight of the city’s corruption—Delaney must dig through the rot. From the tenements of Boyle Heights to the pristine estates of San Marino, the two detectives find themselves trapped in a labyrinth where the law itself is the primary weapon of the enemy.

As the Santa Ana winds rise and the pressure mounts, Delaney faces a brutal choice: play by the rules and watch the innocent vanish, or unleash the beast and burn the whole greenhouse down.

The Garden of Sin is a gritty, atmospheric hardboiled noir perfect for fans of James Ellroy, Raymond Chandler, and complex, character-driven historical thrillers.

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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798181799646
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 50
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