"When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect...

James Ellroy retoma la historia de Perfidia con esta nueva y brutal entrega del segundo Cuarteto de Los Ángeles, durante los años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Enero de 1942. Los Ángeles se tambalea después del shock de Pearl Harbor. Lluvias torrenciales azotan la ciudad. Las autoridades detienen y confinan en campos de internamiento a los japoneses afincados en Estados Unidos. En Griffith Park un cadáver queda al descubierto tras un corrimiento...