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The Black Dahlia

(Film Tie in)

By James Ellroy

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| Paperback | 9780099498537

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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 Continue

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.

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  • Book Of A Lifetime: The Black Dahlia, By James Ellroy

    As a reader I define a book as "great" if I'm still thinking about it long after I've finished it. As a writer, I'm tougher. A great book is one that makes me re-evaluate what I'm doing, dig deeper, try harder, raise my own bar. But James Ellroy's 'T ... (read full critics)

    independent published on Fri, 27 May 2011

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  • Occasionally crosses the line from crime drama to grotesque. There are some mentally-jarring scenes in here that actually kept me up at night out of fear of intense nightmares. Psychologically scorching, could possibly be considered historical fiction a la Caleb Carr but with far more focus on death ... (continue)

    Occasionally crosses the line from crime drama to grotesque. There are some mentally-jarring scenes in here that actually kept me up at night out of fear of intense nightmares. Psychologically scorching, could possibly be considered historical fiction a la Caleb Carr but with far more focus on death, obsession, and possession. Not for the faint of heart.

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