A Violent Masterpiece

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER

"With A VIOLENT MASTERPIECE, Jordan Harper establishes that he is not only the modern master of the unique neon noir of LA or the rough hewn wisdom of the hills but can convincingly make a claim to be one of the finest authors working today "—S.A. Cosby author of KING OF ASHES

“Pick up this barnburner now. The only book that equals it for sheer terror is The Silence of the Lambs.”

"What a novel. Sun-flecked, blood-drenched, night-saturated, A Violent Masterpiece is page-turning Hollywood noir for an age of crime scene livestreams and billionaires without boundaries. And it’s a love-and-rage letter to Los Angeles: fierce, vivid, unforgettable."—Meg Gardiner, author of Heat 2

"A noir dissection of Hollywood for a new generation, A Violent Masterpiece will define the LA novel for a long, long time. Hyperspeed, lush, and deadly, it lives up to the title--I loved this book."—Sara Gran, author of The Book of the Most Precious Substance

"Jordan Harper is many crime writers’ favorite author, and I’m a charter member of that club. I’ve been appreciating his work for a long time, but I was absolutely blown away by A Violent Masterpiece. This book may be his best yet, and that’s really saying something. Move over, James Ellroy, we might have the quintessential L.A. crime novel here. Amazing action, characters, and prose—this one’s got it all. An incredible book.”—David Heska Wanbli Weiden, author of Winter Counts

"What is there to say, when you read a book like this, other than to call it like you see it: this is a violent masterpiece, and Jordan Harper is a generational talent."—Rob Hart, author of the Assassins Anonymous series

“Edgar winner Harper’s riveting latest (after The Last King of California) follows a trio of Los Angeles strivers who investigate a series of horrific crimes…. As Harper’s three leads converge, each becomes both weapon and target for Tinseltown’s corrupt puppet masters. Razor-sharp dialogue and vivid prose (“The city blurs in the dashcam display.... Like everything has its own light. Like the fire is already burning”) conjure an intoxicating atmosphere of glamor and decay, while Harper’s distinct characters elicit deep emotional investment. The result is a glittering neo-noir with staying power.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Harper's latest displays his sublime storytelling talents."—Library Journal, Starred Review

"It's a feat of storytelling that each voice feels entirely authentic, and that the threads of their narratives come to intersect with such urgency. Every single page trembles." —The Maris Review

“This walk on Hollywood’s very dark side highlights one of Harper’s great gifts: making readers care about even the most compromised among us. Do the allusions and shout-outs to current events and personalities seem a little too close for comfort? I certainly hope so!"—Paula Woods, LA Times

"This addictive page-turner offers an ugly vision of American soullessness but also leaves room for hope."—Kirkus Reviews

“Jordan Harper, the modern-day master of Los Angeles crime fiction, takes on his most ambitious story yet, a kaleidoscopic vision of the city’s underground. Crimes and voices braid together to form an unsettling new beast, as Harper channels his inner Ellroy and emerges with a wholly new and original style that captures something of the city’s corrupt soul.”—CrimeReads

"A contemporary LA noir on steroids here, from three alternating, expert perspectives…The imagery throughout includes worms, rot, disease, plague, vampires, and of course, darkness. A fascinating “Creepy Crawl,”…like staring too long at the depravity depicted in Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights."—Booklist

"Jordan Harper's grisly new neo-noir plumbs the depths of Hollywood depravity."—Jim Ruland, Alta Online

Praise for EVERYBODY KNOWS: 
“Rages through the City of Angels like a broken-dam flood. It’s got it all, but most of all it’s got deep insight. It’s the book everybody’s been waiting for.”  ―Michael Connelly

"This tale of a crisis manager's journey of the soul is as bleak as Hollywood noir gets, skewering redemption narratives, romance and idealism. Every sentence sings with heartache."―New York Times Book Review, Best Crime Novels of 2023

“Harper, a Hollywood writer for more than a decade, perceptively illustrates the contrasts in the entertainment business— “perfect” influencers who hide their drug addictions, giant mansions alongside homeless encampments — and exposes the way people hide desperation under a veneer of fame.”
 ―Washington Post

"A bona-fide page-turner, pings with one-liners and scenes worthy of Raymond Chandler and Nathanael West."―Wall Street Journal

"[A] stunning new crime saga… The novel’s scope is expansive, and so is the buzz that comes trailing it…a wholly contemporary story. The dark epic that unfurls in the pages of Everybody Knows makes ‘ripped-from-the-headlines’ crime shows seem quaint by comparison…. poised to be Harper’s breakout novel…"―Los Angeles Times