A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper

From the author of Everybody Knows, this novel is hailed by Stephen King as equaling The Silence of the Lambs for sheer terror. Dive into a brutal, burning Los Angeles where the lines between online spectacle and street-level justice blur. This is a contemporary noir masterpiece that delivers adrenaline-filled pacing and searing indictment of modern society.

The story follows Jake Deal, who captures the city's brutality on a livestream, and Doug Gibson, a street lawyer fighting the system. When Kara Delgado, working for a private concierge company catering to the terminally rich, finds her best friend Phoebe missing, she is pulled into the dangerous worlds of both men. Their fragile team must fight to expose one enormous, unspeakable crime before humanity is extinguished.

• Hailed as "THE noir novel for our times" by the New York Times.
• Praised by Stephen King: "The only book that equals it for sheer terror is The Silence of the Lambs."
• Intense, gritty, and timely narrative set in a brutal, burning Los Angeles.
• Features compelling characters navigating crime, corruption, and the dark side of online celebrity.
• Described as having language that is "boil[ing] in oil and lightning-struck."

• Author: Jordan Harper
• Brand/Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Edition: Main
• Binding: paperback
• Language: English
• Print Length: 480 pages
• Dimensions: 126 x 32 x 194mm (Approx. 12.6 x 3.2 x 19.41 cm)
• Item Weight: 370 g
• ISBN-10: 0571394647
• ISBN-13: 978-0571394647
• Publication Date: June 4, 2026

If you seek an unrelenting, hard-hitting mystery that defines contemporary noir, pick up A Violent Masterpiece today.