The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet)

The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet)

by JamesEllroy (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 03 Jan 1993

ISBN 10: 0099366517
ISBN 13: 9780099366515
Book Overview: 'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' Independent 20050324

Author Bio
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed LA Quartet, The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz, as well as the first two parts of his Underworld USA trilogy; American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand and Blood's a Rover.