Synopsis
When Mitchell is released from prison after serving three years for a vicious attack he doesn’t even remember, Billy Norton is there to pick him up. But Norton works for Tommy Logan, a ruthless loan shark lowlife with plans Mitchell wants nothing to do with. Attempting to stay out of Logan’s way, he finds work at the Holland Park mansion of faded movie actress, Lillian Palmer, where he has to deal with her mysterious butler, Jordan. It isn’t long before Mitchell’s violent past catches up with him and people start getting hurt. When his disturbed sister Briony is threatened, Mitchell is forced to act.
Academy Award-winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed) has teamed with Quentin Curtis to acquire rights to London Boulevard. Monahan plans to co-produce, write, and make his directorial debut with the movie.
This is a masterful work of double dealing and suspense from one of the great crime writers of our time.
The Washington Post - Patrick Anderson
Bruen's prose is often a delight…Ultimately, the success or failure of the novel turns on whether you think the use of the "Sunset Blvd." plot works. I found it interesting to see both the young screenwriter and the crazed old actress morphed into the dangerous, predatory and highly sexual creatures they are in the novel