The Scarlet Letter the burnished city Cross knows it was self-defense

Cross knows it was self-defense

The Fixer takes readers inside the sensational and nefarious world of the man whose life inspired the private eye characters portrayed by Jack Nicholson in Chinatown and Russell Crowe in LA Confidential

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and memorable lessons

” —Vicki Lane

The Scarlet Letter the burnished city Cross knows it was self-defenseBoston, mid seventeenth century: Hester Prynne, dignified and silent, is led through prison doors to her public shaming by her censorious Puritan neighbors. Holding her illegitimate child to her breast and bearing a bright scarlet letter "A" embroidered on her bodice, Hester must now struggle to create a new life for herself and her child in this harsh and unforgiving community. When her missing spouse reappears and takes up residence in town under an