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  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9780099537861
  • Imprint: Windmill Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $27.99

The Black Dahlia

The first book in the classic L.A. Quartet crime series




A neo-noir crime novel from the legendary crime novelist James Ellroy.

Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny.

Five days later, her tortured body is found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers call her 'The Black Dahlia'. For two cops, what begins as an investigation becomes a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life.

And soon professional curiosity spirals into obsession...
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'A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession... extraordinarily well written' - The Times
'The outstanding crime writer of his generation' - The Independent
'A wonderful tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit' - Publishers Weekly

  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9780099537861
  • Imprint: Windmill Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $27.99

About the author

James Ellroy

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed 'L.A. Quartet': The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential and White Jazz. His novel Blood's A Rover completes the magisterial 'Underworld USA Trilogy' - the first two volumes of which (American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand) were both Sunday Times bestsellers. His last novel Widespread Panic received wide praise, with The Times calling it 'extraordinary'.

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Praise for The Black Dahlia

A mesmerising study of the psycho-sexual obsession . . . extraordinarily well written

The Times

One of those rare, brilliantly written books you want to press on other people

Time Out

A wonderful tale of ambition, insanity, passion and deceit

Publishers Weekly

A unique voice in American crime writing

Sunday Telegraph

The outstanding crime writer of his generation

The Independent