Ryan Gattis Livres

"Pendant six jours, l'acquittement des policiers coupables d'avoir passé à tabac Rodney King met Los Angeles à feu et à sang. Pendant six jours, Los Angeles a montré au monde ce qui se passe quand les lois n'ont plus cours. Le premier jour des émeutes, en plein territoire revendiqué par un gang, le massacre d'un innocent déclenche une succession d'événements qui vont traverser la ville. Dans les rues de Lynwood, un autre quartier, qui attire toutes les forces de police et les caméras de télévision, les tensions s'exacerbent. Des membres de gangs profitent de la désertion des représentants de l'ordre pour vandaliser et régler leurs comptes. Au cœur de ce théâtre de guerre urbaine se croisent sapeurs-pompiers, infirmières, ambulanciers ; leur vie est bouleversée par ces journées de confusion."--Résumé de l'éditeur

An electrifying, multi-voiced thriller tackling systemic failure in the American criminal justice system, from the writer Michael Connelly has called 'one of our most gifted novelists.'

For six days, Los Angeles is a city ablaze. For six days, seventeen people are caught in the chaos. For six days, Los Angeles shows the world what happens when laws are no longer enforceable. In April 1992, less than two hours after one of the most notorious, racially charged trials in American history, Los Angeles explodes in violence. As widespread rioting breaks out and martial law takes over, one man's death triggers an astonishing sequence of events - not just for the gangs involved, but for others too: fire-fighters, graffiti artists, nurses and law enforcement, all of whom are connected by this murder and entangled in the city's mayhem. Through these voices, All Involved weaves a brutal epic of crime and opportunity, revenge and survival.

From the acclaimed author of the remarkable All Involved, an LA noir thriller full of twists and turns, a cat and mouse chase between two narrators, where nothing is quite what it seems. Fast-paced and gritty, Safe is both a moving and human morality tale and an utterly immersive and heart-stoppingly suspenseful thriller.

Youth, love and violence collide in the enthralling, hard-hitting first novel by Ryan Gattis, author of All Involved.