num_pages: 472
description: This work is set in 1950s, Los Angeles. The City of Angels has become the city of the Angel of Death. Communist witch-hunts and insanely violent killings are terrorising the community. Three men are plunged into a malestrom of violence and deceit when their lives become inextricably linked as each one confronts his own personal darkness.
language: English
title: The Big Nowhere
titlecomplete: The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet, #2)
characters: Deputy Danny Upshaw, lieutenant Malcolm Considine, Turner "Buzz" Meeks
genres: American, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Detective, Crime, Hard Boiled, Noir, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 16947
places: Los Angeles, California
series: L.A. Quartet
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Deutscher Krimi Preis
category: 2. Platz International
publisher: Random House