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In a Lonely Place
Dorothy B. Hughes
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Description for In a Lonely Place
Paperback. Dix Steele is back in town, and 'town' is post-war LA. His best friend Brub is on the force of the LAPD, and as the two meet in country clubs and beach bars, they discuss the latest case: a strangler is preying on young women in the dark. Dix listens with interest as Brub describes their top suspect, as yet unnamed. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
'Puts Chandler to shame ... Hughes is the master we keep turning to' Sara Paretsky
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...
In a ... Read more was adapted for film in 1950, with Humphrey Bogart as Dix Steele.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141192314
SKU
V9780141192314
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99-98
About Dorothy B. Hughes
Dorothy B. Hughes (1904-93) 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, three of which were made into successful films: The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Ride the Pink Horse (1947) and In a Lonely Place (1950). In her later years, Hughes ... Read more
Reviews for In a Lonely Place
My favourite crime writer. Full stop
Sara Weinman
Los Angeles Review of Books
Dorothy B. Hughes is the unsung godmother of every feisty female investigator who has hit the streets in the last twenty-five years
Val McDermind Dorothy B. Hughes was in a class of her own. To be a female author of hard-boiled fiction back ... Read more
Sara Weinman
Los Angeles Review of Books
Dorothy B. Hughes is the unsung godmother of every feisty female investigator who has hit the streets in the last twenty-five years
Val McDermind Dorothy B. Hughes was in a class of her own. To be a female author of hard-boiled fiction back ... Read more