The Black Dahlia

Author: James Ellroy

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  • : 25.00 NZD
  • : 9780099366515
  • : Random House
  • : Arrow PB
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  • : 0.256
  • : January 1998
  • : 198mm X 131mm X 24mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Description

It is Los Angeles, 11th 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 shelf. 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.

Promotion info

'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' Independent 20050324

Author description

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 and The Cold Six Thousand which were both Sunday Times bestsellers.