Crime Wave is a 1999 collection of 11 short works of fiction and non-fiction, all originally published in GQ, by American crime fiction writer James Ellroy. The collection, issued as a paperback original, includes a short story ("Hush-Hush"), two novellas ("Tijuana, Mon Amour" and "Hollywood Shakedown"), and eight pieces of crime reportage, including "Sex, Glitz, and Greed: The Seduction of O. J. Simpson". More of Ellroy's GQ pieces can be found in the collection Destination: Morgue!.

Contents

• Introduction by Art Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, GQ
• Part One: Unsolved
• "Body Dumps"
• "My Mother's Killer"
• "Glamour Jungle"
• Part Two: Getchell
• "Hush-Hush"
• "Tijuana, Mon Amour"
• Part Three: Contino
• "Out of the Past"
• "Hollywood Shakedown"
• Part Four: L.A.
• "Sex, Glitz, and Greed: The Seduction of O. J. Simpson"
• "The Tooth of Crime"
• "Bad Boys in Tinseltown"
• "Let's Twist Again"