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In a Lonely Place

Dorothy B. Hughes (author)

Paperback Published on: 06/05/2010

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A must read from the Queen of Noir.

An exceptional noir crime novel. Dorothy B Hughes should be better known than she is (probably because she was a female writing noir), the reason I say thi... READ MORE

Jo Morpeth

Gripping!

I was hooked from the beginning! It’s rare a book can be so good when you know who the killer is right from the start but this was an enthralling game of c... READ MORE

Gemma Robb

Synopsis

'Puts Chandler to shame ... Hughes is the master we keep turning to' Sara Paretsky

After the war, cynical veteran Dix Steele has moved to L.A., a city terrified by a strangler preying on young women. Bumping into an old friend, now a detective working on the case, Dix is thrilled by closely following the progress of the police. And meeting his new neighbour, sultry and beautiful actress Laurel Gray, brings even more excitement into his life. But the strangler is still prowling the streets - and Laurel may be in more danger than she realises...

In a Lonely Place was adapted for film in 1950, with Humphrey Bogart as Dix Steele.

Publisher information

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141192314
Number of pages: 192
Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 11 mm
Weight: 149g
Languages: English

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In a lonely place by Dorothy B. Hughes

In a lonely place by Dorothy B. Hughes is a classic crime thriller. First published after 1947, it is the story of Dix Steele, a cynical war veteran who ha... READ MORE

Christine Rennie

Ravishing thriller…. I could not put this book down

Read this as part of a book club I belong to and it’s the best book we have done this year! It is a little dated in some aspects but that does not detract... READ MORE

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