Black Dahlia Avenger - Couverture souple

Hodel, Steve

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060589957 ISBN 13 : 9780060589950

Editeur : HarperPB, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Steve Hodel

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A New York Times Notable Book
An Edgar Award Finalist

In this startling tour-de-force, a professional homicide detective finally solves the case of one of the most shocking murders of the twentieth century in this true-crime page-turner.

"Supposin' I did kill the Black Dahlia. They couldn't prove it now. They can't talk to my secretary anymore because she's dead."

-- Dr. George Hodel, February 18, 1950, from residential electronic surveillance transcripts in the L.A. District Attorney's files, released to the public for the first time on April 11, 2003

In 1947, the sadistic murder of a beautiful young woman, twenty-two-year-old Elizabeth Short, led to the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history and came to be known as the Black Dahlia murder. In the film noir streets of Los Angeles, the killer teased and taunted the police and public alike through notes written to L.A. papers, much like Jack the Ripper had done in London sixty years earlier. When the LAPD failed to solve the crime, it was passed down from year to year to crack homicide detectives, but none could ever bring the killer to justice -- until now. Even more startling -- a twist worthy of any great mystery novel -- is the identity of the murderer: the author's own father, George Hodel, a real-life Jekyll and Hyde, a man who by day was a highly respected member of society and by night a mad, sadistic killer.Black Dahlia Avenger is the result of more than three years of meticulous investigation by Steve Hodel. At long last, he closes what has often been called "the most notorious unsolved murder of the twentieth century."

Revue de presse :

“The best nonfiction book about L.A. crime I have ever read.” (Gerald Petievich, author of The Sentinel and To Live and Die in L.A.)

“This unsparing, chilling account of the actions of a perfect psychopath grips to the end.” (Toronto Globe and Mail)

“Hodel tells the story well and with incredible objectivity.” (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

“We can only glimpse who Betty Short was--but now we know who killed her, and why.” (-- James Ellroy, from his foreword)

“A fascinating family psychodrama; we watch [Hodel’s] image of his father morph from flawed but lovable ladies’ man to monster.” (Newsweek)

“George Hodel, I think is fit company for some of noir’s most civilized villains.” (--David Thomson, New York Times Book Review)

“Former Los Angeles police detective Steve Hodel has written one of the most compelling true-crime books of all time.” (Seattle Weekly)

“[Hodel] has written an intensely readable account...Has [he] solved the case? I think so.” (--Jon L. Breen, Weekly Standard)

“The most haunting murder mystery in Los Angeles county...has finally been solved.” (-- Stephen R. Kay, L.A. County Head Deputy District Attorney)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperPB
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060589957
• ISBN 13: 9780060589950
• Reliure: Broché