Some writers have great voices and a talent for delivery which makes them naturals at narrating. Unfortunately James Ellroy does not have the ability to deliver the dialog of the narrator in this series. Every sentence he speaks seems excessively forced and the use of alliteration is so excessive it becomes obnoxious. This is a shame because Ellroy is a talented writer and the subject matter covered in this series had the potential to be genuinely fascinating, but this was undermined by some bad production choices and choice of narrator.