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The Black Dahlia files : the mob, the mogul, and the murder that transfixed Los Angeles / Donald H. Wolfe.

Summary:

Explores the fifty-year-old murder mystery of Elizabeth Short, revealing both the identity and motivation of the killer while discussing the corruption within the Los Angeles police department that prevented the case from being closed.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060582499
  • ISBN: 9780060582494
  • Physical Description: xiv, 402 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : ReganBooks, [2005]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery ... 1 -- Monster 3 -- 1 Extra! Extra! 5 -- 2 Jane Doe #1 20 -- 3 Aka the "Black Dahlia" 36 -- 4 Limbo 50 -- 5 "Red" 68 -- 6 Inquest 84 -- 7 "By a Person or ..." 98 -- 8 "... Persons Unknown" 115 -- 9 "Letter to Follow" 133 -- 10 Memory Morgue 149 -- 11 Open and Unsolved 168 -- Part II ... Inside an Enigma 175 -- 12 Sunshine and Shadow 177 -- 13 "Compliments of Jacks" 199 -- 14 Control Question 213 -- 15 Traces 228 -- 16 Smog Alert 247 -- 17 Connected 267 -- 18 Rogue Cops 285 -- 19 Fourth Man 298 -- 20 Silent Scream 311 -- Appendix B Hodel Hypothesis 345.
Subject:
Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947.
Murder > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Murder > Investigation > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.

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