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The Black Dahlia

By James Ellroy

By James Ellroy

By James Ellroy

By James Ellroy

By James Ellroy
Read by Stephen Hoye

By James Ellroy
Read by Stephen Hoye

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Part of L. A. Quartet

Part of L. A. Quartet

Part of L. A. Quartet

Paperback $19.00

Aug 12, 2025 | ISBN 9798217007844

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Aug 12, 2025 | ISBN 9798217007851

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Aug 29, 2006 | 836 Minutes

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    About The Black Dahlia

    The first novel in The L.A. Quartet. The Black Dahlia is the haunting and harrowing book that put James Ellroy on the map as one of the most electrifying writers on the scene.

    On January 15, 1947, the brutally mutilated body of Elizabeth Short is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia, becoming the center of a media frenzy and cultural fixation.

    Caught up in the investigation are two young cops, Dwight “Bucky” Bleichert and Lee Blanchard, partners in uniform and both former boxers. But the deeper they get in the case, the greater their obsession with the Dahlia becomes. As the two men go rogue and hunt for the killer, they are drawn into the hellish underbelly of 1940s Hollywood, into the victim’s twisted past, and into the extremes of their own desires—a land of demons and madness.

    Inspired by America’s most infamous unsolved murder, James Ellroy’s The Black Dahlia is a classic work of crime fiction that will haunt its readers long after the last page.

    About The Black Dahlia

    The first novel in The L.A. Quartet. The Black Dahlia is the haunting and harrowing book that put James Ellroy on the map as one of the most electrifying writers on the scene.

    On January 15, 1947, the brutally mutilated body of Elizabeth Short is found in a vacant lot. The victim makes headlines as the Black Dahlia, becoming the center of a media frenzy and cultural fixation.

    Caught up in the investigation are two young cops, Dwight “Bucky” Bleichert and Lee Blanchard, partners in uniform and both former boxers. But the deeper they get in the case, the greater their obsession with the Dahlia becomes. As the two men go rogue and hunt for the killer, they are drawn into the hellish underbelly of 1940s Hollywood, into the victim’s twisted past, and into the extremes of their own desires—a land of demons and madness.

    Inspired by America’s most infamous unsolved murder, James Ellroy’s The Black Dahlia is a classic work of crime fiction that will haunt its readers long after the last page.

    About The Black Dahlia

    Bonus feature includes an original afterword by James Ellroy, titled "Hillikers," read by Stephen Hoye.

    On January 15, 1947, the torture-ravished body of a beautiful young woman is found in a 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. 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.

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    Also by James Ellroy

    Killer on the Road
    The Enchanters
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    Brown's Requiem
    Clandestine
    See all books by James Ellroy

    Also by James Ellroy

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    The Enchanters
    Widespread Panic
    Brown's Requiem
    Clandestine
    See all books by James Ellroy

    About James Ellroy

    JAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s a Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He lives in Colorado.

    About James Ellroy

    JAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s a Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He lives in Colorado.

    About James Ellroy

    JAMES ELLROY was born in Los Angeles. He is the author of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy: American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood’s a Rover, and the L.A. Quartet novels: The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, and White Jazz. He lives in Colorado.

    Product Details

    Category: Crime Fiction | Noir Novels

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 12, 2025 | 368 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9798217007844

    Category: Crime Fiction | Noir Novels

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 12, 2025 | 368 Pages | ISBN 9798217007851

    Category: Crime Fiction | Noir Novels | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Aug 29, 2006 | 836 Minutes | ISBN 9780739323892

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