Six dead, including a cop: a seemingly senseless bloodbath has the Los Angeles Police Department in turmoil. The city's three top detectives, the newly promoted Ed Exley, the experienced Jack Vincennes and the notorious tough guy Bud White, take on the case and uncover an indescribable morass of drugs, murder and corruption – with the police themselves at the heart of it. Now the City of Angels shows its true face – a face you only ever get to see once in a lifetime...