The Blackbirder (Classic Crime)

Hughes, Dorothy B.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Penguin Books, Ltd.

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. Dix loves the dark and women in equal measure, so he knows enough to watch his step, though when he meets the luscious Laurel Gray, something begins to crack. The American Dream is showing its seamy underside.

In a Lonely Place (Penguin Modern Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Penguin Classics

So Blue Marble

Mystery

Bantam/Doubleday/Dell

Ride the Pink Horse

Duell, Sloan, and Pearce

Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason

Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason

History

William Morrow & Co.

The Davidian Report (Lythway Large Print Series)

Lythway

On a transcontinental train, a starlet fears her director may be trying to kill her.Four years after she arrived in Los Angeles, Kitten Agnew has become a star. Though beautiful and talented, she'd be nowhere without Vivien Spender, Hollywood's most acclaimed director--and its most dangerous. But Kitten knew what she was getting into when she got involved with him; she had heard the stories of Viv's past discoveries. Once he discarded them, they ended up in a chorus line, a sanatorium, or worse. She knows enough of his secrets that he wouldn't dare destroy her career--but he may be willing to kill her.On a train from Los Angeles to Chicago, Kitten learns that Viv is planning to offer her roommate a part that was meant for her. If she lets him betray her, her career will be over. But fight for the part and she will be fighting for her life as well.

Dread Journey

Chivers North Amer

Blackbirder

Thrillers & Suspense

Black Dagger Crime

After fleeing World War II France for the safety of the United States, Julie Guille gets framed for two murders and must find the Blackbirder, a mysterious refugee defender who may hold the key to her escape as she runs from the FBI, the Gestapo, and her own uncle

The Blackbirder

Thorndike Pr

"Puts Chandler to shame . . . Hughes is the master we keep turning to."—Sara Paretsky, author of the V. I. Warshawski novels"A superb novel by one of crime fiction's finest writers of psychological suspense. . . . What a pleasure it is to see this tale in print once again!"—Marcia Miller, author of the Sharon McCone novels"This lady is the queen of noir, and In a Lonely Place is her crown."—Laurie R. King, author of the Mary Russell novelsPostwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. The suggestively names Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect. Dix knows enough to watch his step, especially since his best friend is on the force, but when he meets the luscious Laurel Gray—a femme fatale with brains—something begins to crack. The basis for extraordinary performances by Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame in the 1950 film version of the book, In a Lonely Place tightens the suspence with taut, hard-boiled prose and stunningly undoes the convential noir plot.

In a Lonely Place

Carroll & Graf Pub.

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