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

Author(s): James Ellroy

Crime and Thriller

Los Angeles, 15th 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 half. 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...


Product Information

James Ellroy's legendary LA Quartet republished with a brand new look

James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. He is the author of the acclaimed 'LA Quartet': The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz. His most recent 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.

General Fields

  • : 9780099537861
  • : Random House UK
  • : WINDMILL BOOKS
  • : 0.262
  • : July 2011
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 24mm
  • : June 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : James Ellroy
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 813.6
  • : General Adult