Los Angeles, 1956. An ambitious prosecutor wants to know why the police were so eager to close the file on the suspicious death of a wealthy businessman. When his off the books investigation uncovers a link between that case and the murder of a young prostitute twenty years earlier, both his career and his life are endangered.

Post WW2, late 40's, would work better. Pre-Parker and the department reeked with corruption.

And that could be a story pay off: the scandal not only topples the bad cop, it triggers the appointment of a good cop like Parker to clean house.

Post WW2, late 40's, would work better. Pre-Parker and the department reeked with corruption.

And that could be a story pay off: the scandal not only topples the bad cop, it triggers the appointment of a good cop like Parker to clean house.

I might be able to move it back to the late 1940's. I think I'd lose the flavor of what I want in the story if I went backward or forward too much. Thanks for the info about the LAPD.