City of Demons plunges into the grit of 1924 Los Angeles when a powerful figure turns up dead, and the fallout sends ripples through Hollywoods gilded facade. Lawrence Kay is pulled into the case before dawn, and what he finds hints at a crime far stranger than a simple hit. With tempers rising between the citys two most dangerous families and pressure mounting from every side, he turns to Lucas Short, a man trying to outrun his past, to help untangle a mystery already shifting beneath their feet. As alliances teeter and secrets stalk every corner, the two detectives step into a storm that could swallow the city whole.