Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood by WILLIAM J MANN

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


What an exhaustive review and analysis of the Black Dahlia case! I learned so much about Elizabeth Short, the police, the journalists, the suspects, and the families involved. I’d watched a documentary or two about the case but never got the insight into it – and the woman at the center of it – before now.

Such a huge book could have been dry and textbook-like but this wasn’t. The author makes it feel like we’re friends and he’s telling a story. A very detailed story. And though the case hasn’t been solved, there’s so much to learn in the pages of this book. Real people who lived through it, or didn’t…

I absolutely recommend this book for anyone who loves true crime.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the ebook.



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