The Black Dahlia
of James Ellroy
Series: L.A. Quartet #1
Description
On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahliaâand so begins the greatest manhunt in California history. Caught up in the investigation are Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard: Warrants Squad cops, friends, and rivals in love with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahliaâdriven by dark needs to know everything about her past, to capture her killer, to possess the woman even in death. Their quest will take them on a hellish journey through the underbelly of postwar Hollywood, to the core of the dead girl's twisted life, past the extremes of their own psychesâinto a region of total madness.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 348 pages
- Publisher Mysterious Press
- Publication Date August 16th 2006
- First Publication 09/01/87
- Language English
- ISBN 9780446698870
- Edition Not informed
- Category Mystery & Thriller
- Scenario ['Los Angeles, California (United States)']
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