by Roderick Thorp · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440600165
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«L. A. Puerta del Infierno» is a crime novel by Roderick Thorp, published by Ediciones B in paperback (364 pages, in Spanish).
After the murder of five people in Laurel Canyon and of his partner Dan, detective Mike Gallagher, acting head of homicide for the Hollywood division, investigates a network of corruption within the Los Angeles police that seems to reach his own circle.
The novel was originally published in English as «Rainbow Drive» in 1986; this Spanish edition is a translation by Susana Constante and belongs to the Cosecha Roja collection from Ediciones B.
For readers of crime and detective fiction, especially those looking for police corruption plots in classic Los Angeles.
Roderick Mayne Thorp Jr. was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedurals and crime novels. His novel The Detective was adapted into a film of the same name in 1968. Thorp is also known for its sequel, the bestselling novel Nothing Lasts Forever, which later served as the basis for the film Die Hard. Thus Thorp became a creator of the entire media franchise of the same name. Two other Thorp novels, Rainbow Drive and Devlin, were also adapted into TV movies.
