Finished re-reading _Like a Hole in the Head_ by Jen Banbury.

I picked this book up at random in a bookstore 30 years ago. I enjoyed it and it holds up.

Fiasco noir in 1990s L.A. with a woman protagonist. She has baggage, a drinking habit, and thick skin. If you don't like her you won't like the book.

Witty and dark. A better read the second time, or if you've read enough noir that you don't expect some kind of miracle happy ending.