In a Lonely Place

Paperback Published on: 13/07/2023
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In a Lonely Place
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
In a Lonely Place
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

Los Angeles, the late 1940's. A serial killer stalks the foggy streets at night...

Dix Steele, a former fighter pilot, moved to L.A. after the war, looking for a new life. But the city is gripped by fear of a murderer in its midst. Dix, however, is not scared. And when he bumps into his old friend Brub, now a detective on the trail of the culprit, he is excited to follow the police's progress. A dark and terrible truth is revealed, in a noir novel like no other.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780241639184
  • Number of pages: 240
  • Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 16 mm
  • Weight: 184g
  • Languages: English

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In a Lonely Place
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
In a Lonely Place
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
SARAH27
In a Lonely Place
Noir style
Tension builds as a cool killer slowly unravels in this 1940s crime thriller
Miss E. Potter