In a Lonely Place
$18.20
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2023
Summary
A chilling, stylish piece of LA noir.
After the war, cynical veteran Dix Steele has moved to L.A., a city terrified by a strangler preying on young women. Bumping into an old friend, now a detective working on the case, Dix is thrilled by closely following the progress of the police. And meeting his new neighbour, sultry and beautiful actress Laurel Gray, brings even more excitement into his life. But the strangler is still prowling the streets - and Laurel may be in more danger than she realises…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241639184 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241639182 |
| Author: | Dorothy B. Hughes |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 184g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage |
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Dorothy B. Hughes was in a class of her own. To be a female author of hard-boiled fiction back in the 1940s was unusual enough, but to write a first-person narrative from the viewpoint of a male serial killer was breaking new ground by anybody’s standards. She marked out this territory years before most other writers even knew it existed. – Max Decharne, author of Hardboiled Hollywood: The Origins of Great Crime Films
About The Author
Dorothy B. Hughes
Dorothy B. Hughes was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and lived most of her life in New Mexico. A journalist and a poet, she began publishing hard-boiled crime novels in 1940, several of which were made into successful films, including In a Lonely Place (1950). She was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
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