WELCOME TO FABULOUS ANGELES by Richard A. Lefkowitz is about coming of age in a time and place where music and pop culture were enough to heal the wounds of the mind and soul.
THE LONELIEST PLACES by Keith Edward Vaughn is a modern slice of hardboiled noir set in a version of LA that is both familiarly terrible and unexpectedly uplifting. Check out what Erin Britton has to say in her book review of this indie crime novel.