 Theres a scene where Stark (James Woods (I) (qv)) and D.A. Devlin  (Jeri Ryan (qv)) have a meeting in a stairwell about the  repercussions, Stark says "...Dean Gormans death becomes another  unsolved L.A. murder, James Ellroy writes another book and we move  on." James Woods starred in _Cop (1988)_ (qv), which is based upon  James Ellroy (qv)s novel "Blood on the Moon".