The author of L.A. Confidential continues his reign over crime fiction with the story--based on a real-life case--of two Los Angeles policemen whose search for the killer of a beautiful woman leads them through the underworld of postwar Hollywood. Reissue. (A Universal Pictures film, written by Josh Friedman, directed by Brian DePalma, releasing October 2006, starring Hilary Swank, Scarlett Johansson, & Josh Hartnett) (Mystery)