LAbyrinth A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.
- 23 Jan 2014
- 9781782114109
- £7.19
- 320 pp
In a few words
Major film adaptation starring Johnny Depp and Forest Whittaker coming in autumn 2017
A sinister and terrifying story . . . A noir classic
Sullivan's work combines extraordinary reporting with an enthralling narrative voice
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LA, 1997. The city is restless and simmering with tension. In two seemingly unconnected attacks, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. are brutally murdered. Across town, a black off-duty cop is gunned down by a white undercover cop in broad daylight.
Award-winning journalist Randall Sullivan’s searing investigation uncovers a mass of connections to Suge Knight and his infamous label Death Row Records. But as Sullivan follows his leads into the darkest corners of the city, he finds the case thwarted at every turn by the LAPD itself – and realises that he is caught in a web of police corruption that spreads wider than he could have ever imagined.
The most thorough examination of these much-publicized events. Exhaustively researched, the book methodically weaves a disturbing story of corruption, intimidation and murder
The city's tangled race politics are dissected with the economy of a pulp pot-boiler . . . the weight of the research and force of conviction are hugely persuasive
You don't have to know anything about any of this to love this book. You just read it cover to cover with a big smile on your face
Sullivan constructs a compelling story and writes like a man on a mission . . . no single source presents so complete or damning a record as LAbyrinth
