Death and gambling in Cali

when i started to read the first story "The kidnapper Bell" i got i little confuse because i could not understand what really those cats were or meant... another important point that i have notice about the stories in this collection is that sex have been exploited to its maximum, many of the characters give a lot of importance to this than the one in Film Noir. 

besides that, the author in the story "The kidnnaper Bell" give us a great description of the place where the "accidental" murders happened. In this story what is mainly mention is the LA river, as we all know this river is very shallow and one of the dirty ones, we might think that would be hard for somebody to get drown or get accidentally kill, but in this case is the contrary. we actually get a very bleak image, first this girl kills a man "accidentally" and then in a desperate action to get the bell back she kill herself also. when he got in the death gril's room  and he sees those cats the author gives a description that let  the readers know desperation and hallucination of this character. Moreover the description of the tunnel gives a suspense where you do not know what is goign to happened as the character goes inside and also claustrophobic.
On the second story, the description is good also, the author tries to make the reader feel like if we are the ones driving in those pack freeways. the illustration of the situation in the hotel is very deatil i as reader could imaging everything in great detail like if i was right there.