THE ENCHANTERS by James Ellroy

THE ENCHANTERS James Ellroy (jamesellroy.net) Hutchinson Heinemann (penguin.co.uk) £22 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop Los Angeles, Saturday 4th August 1962. Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Hollywood home, victim of a drug overdose. Freddy Otash, ex-policeman-private-eye-king-of-the-scandal-rags has been surveilling her since early April at the behest of Jimmy Hoffa, who is […]

THE SOUL STEALER by Graham Masterton

THE SOUL STEALER Graham Masterton (grahammasterton.co.uk) Head of Zeus (headofzeus.com) £18.99 Trinity Fox’s friend, Margo, has had a taste of fame with a bit part in new comedy, Hilarity Jones. But now Margo wants to meet: she is terrified and doesn’t know where to turn. When Trinity arrives at the pub where they’ve agreed to […]

THE GOODBYE COAST by Joe Ide

THE GOODBYE COAST Joe Ide (joeide.com) Weidenfeld & Nicolson (weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk) £14.99 Buy a copy from your favourite independent bookshop Once a rom-com queen, Kendra James is now a fading Hollywood star. Her husband has been shot dead and her step-daughter has disappeared, so she turns to a private detective to find her. Enter Philip Marlowe […]

EPIPHANY JONES by Michael Grothaus

EPIPHANY JONES Michael Grothaus (www.michaelgrothaus.com) Orenda Books (orendabooks.co.uk) £8.99 Tonight I’m having sex with Audrey Hepburn. Jerry Dresden is something of a loner. Obsessed with sex and celebrity – and, very often, both at the same time – he spends his days working at the Art Institute of Chicago, and his nights in front of […]