The L. A. Quartet: The Black Dahlia, the Big Nowhere, L. A. Confidential, White Jazz
- ISBN-10
- 110190805X
- ISBN-13
- 9781101908051
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 1416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-06-04
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library
- Author
- James Ellroy
Description
The Black Dahlia depicts the infrastructure of L.A.'s most sensational murder case. A young cop morphs into the obsessed lover and lust-crazed avenger. His rogue investigation is a one-way ticket to hell.
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