| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
250 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Fallen angel -- Farewell my lovely -- A double lie -- The capture -- Gilda -- Dial M for murder -- House of strangers -- The big sleep -- Part 2. Dark passage -- The letter -- The suspect -- Behind locked doors -- Deadline at dawn -- Breaking point -- The lodger -- Kiss tomorrow goodbye -- Panic in the streets -- Part 3. Raw deal -- Key witness -- The glass alibi -- The verdict -- Detour -- Fall guy -- Voice in the wind -- Part 4. Out of the past -- The name of the rose -- Specter of the rose -- The woman in the window. |
| Summary |
With startling new evidence, this gripping reexamination of the Black Dahlia murder offers a definitive theory of a quintessential American crime. The gruesome murder of hopeful starlet Elizabeth Short, in the noir-tinged Los Angeles of 1947, has a permanent place in American lore as one of the most inscrutable of true-crime mysteries. Now, Piu Eatwell- relentless legal sleuth and atmospheric stylist-cracks the case after seventy years. With recently unredacted FBI files, newly released sections of the LAPD files, and explosive new interviews, Eatwell has unprecedented access to primary evidence and a persuasive culprit. She layers her findings into a gritty, cinematic retelling of the case from the corrupt LAPD and the take-no-prisoners press to the seedy underworld of would-be actresses and the men who preyed on them. In mesmerizing prose, Black Dahlia, Red Rose is a panorama of 1940s Hollywood, a definitive account of one of the biggest unsolved murders of American legal history. --description from NetGalley.com |
| Subject |
Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947.
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| Subject(S) |
Murder -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
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Murder -- Investigation -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
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True crime stories.
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Case studies.
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| ISBN |
9781631492266 (hardcover) |
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1631492268 (hardcover) |
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