The Black Dahlia
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Description: On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia -- and so begins the greatest manhunt in California history.
Caught up in the investigation are Bucky Bleichert and Lee Blanchard: Warrants Squad cops, friends, and rivals in love with the same woman. But both are obsessed with the Dahlia -- driven by dark needs to know everything about her past, to capture her killer, to possess the woman even in death. Their quest will take them on a hellish journey through the underbelly of postwar Hollywood, to the core of the dead girl's twisted life, past the extremes of their own psyches-into a region of total madness.
Well... this one is a tough one to rate. I would really get into it and then it would drag. I felt that some of the story lines took way too long to develop. This one was pretty dark and it took me a while to read. It may have been a bit too graphic for my taste.
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Off to JennyC1230 and Lumbermoose... Happy Reading!!
PS - I do not need this one back. :-)
Off to JennyC1230 and Lumbermoose... Happy Reading!!
PS - I do not need this one back. :-)
Fantastic! I will enjoy reading this one. Lumbermoose and I saw the movie a few years ago. I didn't realize it was based on a book. The Black Dahlia is a particularly fascinating true crime case.
Thanks for sharing Angela861!
Thanks for sharing Angela861!
I gave this one a shot, got about 25 pages in and gave up! Sorry! I will see if Lumbermoose wants to read it and then we will figure out something to do with it after that.
Just started this one. I slept through most of the movie, so it should be "new" to me.
11/3/09 -- Finished this one last night. I agree that it's a bit dark - kind of disturbing especially considering that this murder actually happened. Thank you for sharing it since I fell asleep during the movie. However, from what I do remember of the movie, this book was better.
11/3/09 -- Finished this one last night. I agree that it's a bit dark - kind of disturbing especially considering that this murder actually happened. Thank you for sharing it since I fell asleep during the movie. However, from what I do remember of the movie, this book was better.
Journal Entry 7 by Lumbermoose at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (11/3/2009 UTC) at -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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Adding to JennyC1230's ABC Bookbox.
Adding to JennyC1230's ABC Bookbox.
Selecting this one from JennyC1230's abc bookbox.
This book was really different for me. I tried to get into it, but it was so slow....and so graphic. I found myself skimming through a lot of it.
Will be passing in a bookbox.
Will be passing in a bookbox.
Adding to the color me happy bookbox.
mailing today
This book returned in the Color Me Happy Bookbox, I have seen the movie and didn't really care for it but I am willing to give the book a try. Thanks for including it and I will read it soon then pass it on.
Sharing with another LFL, Happy Travels!
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SqueakyChu at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA on Thursday, May 8, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (5/8/2014 UTC) at LFL - Vandegrift Ave (5811) (#7720) in Rockville, Maryland USA
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