L.A. Burning A Novel
L.A. Burning A Novel by D. C. Taylor, published by Crooked Lane Books on February 8, 2022, is a gripping narrative that follows Cody Bonner, an ex-convict determined to uncover the truth behind her twin sister’s death. After spending six years in prison, Cody returns to Los Angeles, where her sister Julie’s body was found a year earlier. The bond between the twins drives Cody’s quest for justice, leading her into the dark underbelly of the film industry and the complexities of family life.
In her pursuit, Cody employs skills learned during her incarceration to navigate a world filled with high-powered agents and dangerous individuals. As she investigates the connections to her mother’s influential agent, Harry Groban, she confronts the shadows of her past, including former classmates and a romantic interest. The story delves into themes of mystery and the challenges faced by amateur sleuths, as Cody’s search for answers puts her at risk of returning to a life she desperately wants to leave behind. This edition spans 288 pages and is presented in English.
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An ex-con hits the streets of L.A. to find her twin sister’s killer. Is it a mission of justice—or a quest for vengeance?
Cody Bonner, identical twin, daughter of a major movie star, a teenage street kid in Los Angeles, a bank robber at nineteen, and a prison inmate at twenty. When she’s released after six years, she returns to L.A. with a purpose: to learn the truth about her sister Julie, who washed up on a Malibu beach a year earlier. The connection between the twins was so powerful that the day Julie died, Cody collapsed in the prison yard. Now that bond is driving her to seek justice—at any cost.
Using bootleg skills she learned in prison, Cody begins to peel back the layers of mystery. Her search leads her to the darker alleys behind the dazzle of the film business, and into the world of high-powered agents, high-priced call girls, and men with a taste for sexual violence. As she homes in on her mother’s powerful agent, Harry Groban, a man with ugly accusations of abuse in his past, Cody becomes more deeply enmeshed in the life she left behind as a teenager: her mother’s star power, her former classmates-turned-producers, glitzy parties, and a handsome former love who knows all the players. Is Groban at the center? Could there be others who had a hand in Julie’s murder?
As Cody gets closer to the truth, another ghost from her criminal past is stalking her—one that could put her back in prison for years.
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