02559cam a2200349 i 4500 22185795 MeVbMML 20250627160201.0 210820s2022 nyu 000 1 eng 2021041419 9781538719442 (hardcover) 9781538719459 (paperback) 9781538719435 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc PS3623.E45537 B43 2022 813/.6 23 Weiss, Josh, author. 20867 Beat the devils / Josh Weiss. First edition. New York ; Boston : Grand Central Publishing, 2022. 363 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia and barely-concealed anti-Semitism. The country is in the firm grip of McCarthy's Hueys, a secret police force evolved from the House of Unamerican Activities Committee. Hollywood's sparkling vision of the American dream has been suppressed; its remaining talents forced to turn out endless anti-communist propaganda. LAPD detective Morris Baker-a Holocaust survivor who drowns his fractured memories of the unspeakable in schnapps and work-is called to the scene of a horrific double-homicide. The victims are John Huston, a once-promising but now forgotten film director, and an up-and-coming young journalist named Walter Cronkite. Clutched in the hand of one of the dead men is a cryptic note containing the phrase "beat the devils" followed by a single name: Baker. Did the two men die in a murder-suicide, as the Hueys are quick to conclude, or were they murdered in a coverup designed to protect-or even set in motion-a secret plot connected to Baker's past? In a country where terror grows stronger by the day, and paranoia rises unchecked, Baker is determined to find justice for two men who raised their voices in a time when free speech comes at the ultimate cost. In the course of his investigation, Baker stumbles into a conspiracy that reaches deep into the halls of power and uncovers a secret that could destroy the City of Angels-and the American ideal itself"-- Provided by publisher. Thrillers (Fiction) lcgft 486 Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft 485 Alternative histories (Fiction) lcgft 20868 Novels. lcgft 50 ddc BOOK 30754 30754 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2025-06-27 WEIS 39059 2025-06-27 17.99 2025-06-27 BOOK 1