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This Storm
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 25 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
January '42. LA reels behind the shock of Pearl Harbor. Local Japanese are rounded up and slammed behind bars. Massive thunderstorms hit the city. A body is unearthed in Griffith Park.
The cops tag it as a routine dead-man job. They’re wrong. It’s an early warning signal of chaos.
There’s a murderous fire and a gold heist. There’s Fifth Column treason on American soil. There are homegrown Nazis, commies and race racketeers. There’s two dead cops in a dive off the jazz-club strip. And three men and one woman have a hot date with history.
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- Martin
- 10-08-23
Strap yourself in
As ever, Ellroy's staccato, machine-gun style and casual brutality are perfectly rendered by the brilliant narrator, Jeff Harding. As ever, the story is savage, violent and tortuously complex, but it helps to have read the previous novel, Presidia. Trying to work out exactly what's going on and why is probably a mistake. The author make sure that different characters summarise what's happening on a regular basis. Much better to sit back, pour yourself a whiskey, and enjoy the ride. It's energetic and fast-paced, and conjures up the period and the locations superbly. As usual, the characters are mainly immoral, amral or complicit. Corruption is all pervasive, and everything you might expect from James Ellroy is here in spades.
I usually need a bit of a break between his books in order to recover. But I have already pre-ordered the next in this series.
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- B.J.Cartwright
- 10-04-22
Best so far
While you’ll need to read the preceding books to get the most from ‘This Storm’, it’s without question the best crime novel that wasn’t written by Raymond Chandler. Superb story, brilliantly written & excellently read.
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- David Wright
- 13-09-24
Great 'Read''
Great presentation. the narration brings the words to life. I will now look for the subsequent novel.
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- Greg W
- 24-05-24
Brilliant Narration
Read lots of Ellroy including this one, first time I've listened. Im very familiar with the characters and i think the narrator nailed them and the tone, really did it justice. If the same actor does others I'll purchase.
If you haven't read Ellroy dont start here. Try Black Dahlia which is 1st of a quartet which includes LA confidential. . There are earlier books but IMO thats when he really gets going, once you're hooked, go to the earlier.
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- duggyredit
- 21-08-19
1 hour was more than enough
Maybe this does not lend itself to audio, as I have always enjoyed reading Elroy. I found the narration grating. Maybe I will try reading it as I won’t be listening to the rest of it
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- Jack
- 23-06-19
I don’t have a clue what’s going on
This book makes no sense at all. The reader is awful too and makes it even harder to follow.
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- chris barnes
- 28-10-19
downhill
kay lake sucks,poor character, nauseating. Nancy drew meets l.a. not looking forward to the next one.
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