A Violent Masterpiece
'This is THE noir novel for our times' New York Times
Will be published approx. on 4. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-571-39464-7 (ISBN)
Description
FROM THE AUTHOR OF EVERYBODY KNOWS
'If you like your horror/suspense/mystery, with a hanging that parallels the Jeffrey Epstein 'suicide", pick this barn-burner up now. The only book that equals it for sheer terror is The Silence of the Lambs' STEPHEN KING
'I loved this book [it] will define the LA novel for a long, long time' SARA GRAN
'It's one hell of a journey' BBC, Books you need to read in 2026
This place is a crime that can't be solved. And that's why we love it.
LA is a brutal, burning city. It is America with nowhere to run. Each night Jake Deal captures it on a livestream to his blood-hungry subscribers. Above board, Doug Gibson is a street lawyer trying to fix the system one case at a time. Underground, Kara Delgado is working for a private concierge company - a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich.
When Kara's best friend Phoebe goes missing, she soon finds herself in the worlds of both Jake and Doug. Will the remaining humanity of this fragile team kill them all or expose one enormous, unspeakable crime?
Readers loved A Violent Masterpiece:
????? 'Wow! A contemporary noir masterpiece. Adrenaline-filled pacing that cranks up and up and up and never stops'
????? 'Gritty, emotional, and intense . . . I'm a fan!'
????? 'Timely and hard-hitting. This one's not just a violent masterpiece, it's a searing f***ing indictment'
????? 'Harper makes brutality sing'
????? 'PURE EXCELLENCE. the author is truly firing on all cylinders- this book is angry, incisive, and unrelenting'
????? 'The language? It defies description. The reader is boiled in oil and lightning-struck, all at the same time. I've never read anything like it'
'If you like your horror/suspense/mystery, with a hanging that parallels the Jeffrey Epstein 'suicide", pick this barn-burner up now. The only book that equals it for sheer terror is The Silence of the Lambs' STEPHEN KING
'I loved this book [it] will define the LA novel for a long, long time' SARA GRAN
'It's one hell of a journey' BBC, Books you need to read in 2026
This place is a crime that can't be solved. And that's why we love it.
LA is a brutal, burning city. It is America with nowhere to run. Each night Jake Deal captures it on a livestream to his blood-hungry subscribers. Above board, Doug Gibson is a street lawyer trying to fix the system one case at a time. Underground, Kara Delgado is working for a private concierge company - a make-a-wish foundation for the terminally rich.
When Kara's best friend Phoebe goes missing, she soon finds herself in the worlds of both Jake and Doug. Will the remaining humanity of this fragile team kill them all or expose one enormous, unspeakable crime?
Readers loved A Violent Masterpiece:
????? 'Wow! A contemporary noir masterpiece. Adrenaline-filled pacing that cranks up and up and up and never stops'
????? 'Gritty, emotional, and intense . . . I'm a fan!'
????? 'Timely and hard-hitting. This one's not just a violent masterpiece, it's a searing f***ing indictment'
????? 'Harper makes brutality sing'
????? 'PURE EXCELLENCE. the author is truly firing on all cylinders- this book is angry, incisive, and unrelenting'
????? 'The language? It defies description. The reader is boiled in oil and lightning-struck, all at the same time. I've never read anything like it'
More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-39464-7 (9780571394647)
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Jordan Harper has spent over a decade in Hollywood, as a writer for shows such as FOX's Gotham and CBS's The Mentalist. He is the Edgar-Award winning author of She Rides Shotgun (published in the UK as A Lesson in Violence), Love and Other Wounds and, most recently, Everybody Knows, which won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.