Suicide Hill

Suicide Hill
Author James Ellroy
Country United States
Language English
Series Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy
Genre Novel, crime fiction
Publisher The Mysterious Press
Publication date
 1986
Media type Print
Pages 280 pp
ISBN 978-0-89296-235-8 (first edition, hardcover)
OCLC 12421070
Preceded by Because the Night (novel) (1984)
Followed by Killer on the Road (1986)

Suicide Hill is a crime fiction novel written by James Ellroy.[1] Released in 1986, it is the third and final installment of the Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy.[2]

In an October 13, 2017 interview, actor Tom Hanks stated that he would be interested in playing the part of Lloyd Hopkins if a film or stage adaptation was to be put into production.[3]

Plot summary

The novel begins a psychiatrist's assessment recommending that Hopkins be immediately retired from duty with a full pension following the events of Because the Night (1984).

Hopkins eludes compulsory retirement with attachment as LAPD liaison officer to an FBI bank robbery investigation. Hopkins then manipulates his way into robbery/homicide investigations. The novel's story line and characters twist and turn.

References

  1. ↑ Suicide Hill by James Ellroy, Kirkus Reviews, April 17, 1986, retrieved 2013-02-14.
  2. ↑ Dennis Lehane (September 4, 2014). "The Big Sweep - James Ellroy's 'Perfidia'". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ↑ http://nyti.ms/2g9oN3i


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