Black Dahlia avenger : a genius for murder

Author:Steve Hodel

Summary: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. 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

Print Book, English, 2004

Edition:1st Perennial ed View all formats and editions

Publisher: Perennial, New York, 2004

Genre:Case studies

Physical Description:xxi, 560 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

ISBN:

9780060589950, 0060589957

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:54365188

Subjects:

California Los Angeles

Case studies

Hodel, George