Everybody Knows

"Hollywood noir doesn't get any darker than Jordan Harper's
dazzling Everybody Knows, where cynicism is rewarded, romance
thwarted and redemption narratives undercut at every turn."
—New York Times Book Review

“Harper writes with a[n]…earthy-yet-elegant wit….This book is
recognisably part of a great tradition, but never seems ersatz: I
doubt there will be a better American crime novel this year.”
—The Telegraph (UK)

“Virtuosically written...Consider me shocked and awed.”
—Airmail

“A mesmerizing whodunit, escapist yet thought-provoking.”
—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

“Harper displays an encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture and
Hollywood history as he spins a tale that isn’t just ripped from
the headlines—it’s probably predicting them.”
—Bookpage, Starred Review

“Don't be surprised if this utterly compelling thriller, which builds on timeless
themes and brings new shading to an iconic landscape, is the noir of the year.”
—Booklist, Starred Review

“Combing the brutality of James Ellroy with the poetic sensibility of
Raymond Chandler, Harper takes the reader on a searing journey into
L.A.’s underworld where truth and righteousness have become irrelevant
and only power has currency. This neo-noir is a must read.”
—Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review

“Everybody Knows is a classic LA noir for the #MeToo era….As ingenious as Harper's plot is,
it's also the cynical lyricism of the language of Everybody Knows that kept me transfixed;
reading it is like watching Sunset Boulevard for the first time.
—NPR’s Fresh Air

“Harper’s dark vision — and it is very dark — imbues ‘Everybody Knows’ with a tight
plot that is on fire from the first sentence and believable characters one wants to root for.
—The South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“EVERYBODY KNOWS rages through the City of Angels like a broken-dam flood.
It’s got it all, but most of all it’s got deep insight. It’s the book everybody’s been waiting for.”  
—Michael Connelly, Edgar Winner and #1 NYT Best-Selling author of the BOSCH series

“EVERYBODY KNOWS is the best mystery novel I’ve read in years.  It’s also one of the darkest. 
Is L.A. worthy of a circle in Dante’s Inferno? Seems reasonable to me. Jordan Harper writes sentences,
and in this case an entire book, that is both terrifying and exhilarating.”
– James Patterson, #1 NY Times bestselling author

"EVERYBODY KNOWS is one of the best LA noir novels I've ever read. The writing
is astonishingly good. It's a wild, honest, sharp, and suspenseful ride, full of wry observations
about the nature of power and the cost of being good in a bad, bad world."
—Attica Locke, Edgar Winner and NYT Best-Selling author of BLUEBIRD, BLUEBIRD

"Just as Ellory mastered the atavistic heart of 1950's corruption, so Jordan Harper
has mastered articulating the Day-Glo Technicolor nightmare that is postmodern
Los Angeles. EVERYBODY KNOWS is filled with ballsy movers and shakers, of course,
but also plastic social media influencers, high-rent hoods, nihilistic cops, and the sorts
of lost souls you’ll never forget. EVERYBODY KNOWS is an absolute tour de force.
—SA Cosby, bestselling and LA Times Book Prize-winning
author of BLACKTOP WASTELAND