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Los Angeles, 1th January 1947: a beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in helf. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life. The first part of Ellroy's crime fiction masterwork, the LA Quartet, and based around a real murder case, The Black Dahlia pulses with violence, darkness and brutality. It is crime writing at its most powerful.
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The Black Dahlia, James Ellroy
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- The Black Dahlia
- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Ellroy
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0099366517
- ISBN13
- 9780099366515
- Series
- L.A. Quartet
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, True Stories, USA, Murders, Fun, Filmthema, Sexuality & Intimacy, True Crime, Violence, Police, Corruption, Mexico, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Printing, Underworld, Boxing
- Original title
- The black dahlia
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
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- Los Angeles, 1th January 1947: a beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in helf. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life. The first part of Ellroy's crime fiction masterwork, the LA Quartet, and based around a real murder case, The Black Dahlia pulses with violence, darkness and brutality. It is crime writing at its most powerful.