{"product_id":"la-burning-isbn-9781643857787","title":"L.A. Burning","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ex-con hits the streets of L.A. to find her twin sister’s killer. Is it a mission of justice—or a quest for vengeance?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCody Bonner, identical twin, daughter of a major movie star, a teenage street kid in Los Angeles, a bank robber at nineteen, and a prison inmate at twenty. When she’s released after six years, she returns to L.A. with a purpose: to learn the truth about her sister Julie, who washed up on a Malibu beach a year earlier. The connection between the twins was so powerful that the day Julie died, Cody collapsed in the prison yard. Now that bond is driving her to seek justice—at any cost.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eUsing bootleg skills she learned in prison, Cody begins to peel back the layers of mystery. Her search leads her to the darker alleys behind the dazzle of the film business, and into the world of high-powered agents, high-priced call girls, and men with a taste for sexual violence. As she homes in on her mother’s powerful agent, Harry Groban, a man with ugly accusations of abuse in his past, Cody becomes more deeply enmeshed in the life she left behind as a teenager: her mother’s star power, her former classmates-turned-producers, glitzy parties, and a handsome former love who knows all the players. Is Groban at the center? Could there be others who had a hand in Julie’s murder?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs Cody gets closer to the truth, another ghost from her criminal past is stalking her—one that could put her back in prison for years.\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e L. A. Burning\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] stunning thriller . . . [Taylor has] upped his game with this frightening, exciting eye-opener.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A tale of revenge served cold.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Taylor is exceptional . . . [\u003ci\u003eL. A. Burning\u003c\/i\u003e is] hard to put down and one that should be on everyone's reading list.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fast-paced, well-written, and tough to put down.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSeattle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Once in a while, a character comes along that gets under your skin and refuses to let go. This is the case with D.C. Taylor’s fierce, rebellious, and somehow endearingly likable ex-con, Cody Bonner. In \u003ci\u003eL.A. Burning\u003c\/i\u003e, I was immediately pulled into Cody’s broken, shadow-filled world and her quest for justice and revenge after the murder of her twin sister.  With nerve-shattering suspense, \u003cb\u003eTaylor jettisons the reader into the seedy underbelly of Hollywood and all its trappings. Not to be missed, \u003ci\u003eL.A. Burning\u003c\/i\u003e is a redemption story like no other.\u003c\/b\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e—Heather Gudenkauf, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Weight of Silence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Overnight Guest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“This is authentically terrific!  D. C. Taylor has a keen eye and a deep understanding of cinematic storytelling,  and he seamlessly combines that with a unique new character, savvy dialogue, and page-turning action.  The result: \u003cb\u003eLA Burning is instantly engaging, surprising and wise—but it's also heartbreaking. Fans of Michael Connelly and John Lescroart  and Sue Grafton—and isn’t that all of us?—rejoice.\u003c\/b\u003e Add L. A. Burning to your list of must-reads.”\u003cbr\u003e—Hank Phillippi Ryan, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHer Perfect Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eL.A. Burning\u003c\/i\u003e is a great ride, a blast of adrenaline, a lightning-paced insider's tour of the movie business with a memorable heroine in the driver's seat. Cody Bonner is a true original—we're rooting for her from page one, and she holds us in suspense to the very end. Excellent.”\u003cbr\u003e—Joseph Finder, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHouse on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eL. A. Burning\u003c\/i\u003e, D. C. Taylor captures Hollywood's dark underbelly in searing detail with blunt, bare-knuckled prose. An incisive, compelling read.”\u003cbr\u003e—Matt Coyle, bestselling and award-winning author of the Rick Cahill crime series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Some books stay with you long after you finish them, and I can’t get Cody Bonner’s voice out of my head. Tough, resourceful, and hell-bent on revenge for the death of her twin sister, she leads us on a thrilling yet heartbreaking journey through some of LA’s most glittering—and meanest—streets. Unforgettable, original, and highly recommended.”\u003cbr\u003e—Hilary Davidson, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHer Last Breath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eD. C. Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e was born, and  for the most part, raised in New York City. He has lived in  Switzerland, France, Spain, London, and Vienna. He wrote for movies and  TV for twenty-two years in L.A. and now spends four months of the year  on the coast of Maine, and the rest in Boston.","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304443433189,"sku":"NP9781643857787","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781643857787.jpg?v=1767730876","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/la-burning-isbn-9781643857787","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}