In a Lonely Place
A Crime, Noir, Thriller book. Its harder to come back than it is to arrive. Dorothy B. Hughes,...
Dix Steele is back in town, and 'town' is post-war LA. His best friend Brub is on the force of the LAPD, and as the two meet in country clubs and beach bars, they discuss the latest case: a strangler is preying on young women in the dark. Dix listens with interest as Brub describes their top suspect, as yet unnamed. Dix loves the dark and women in equal measure, so he knows enough to watch his step, though when he meets the luscious Laurel Gray, something begins to crack. The American Dream is showing its seamy underside.
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- Pages: 186 pages
- ISBN: 9780141192314 / 141192313
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Its harder to come back than it is to arrive. Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place // No reason to feel nervous at night, not even at eleven thirty at night, in the heart of New York. Nothing ever happened to her kind of people; things happened to people living down those cross streets in old red bricks or old brownstones. Things threatened silver and gold dancers there in the Iridium Room across. But things didnt happen to her or anyone she knew. Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place // He finished his drink. 'I dont like mornings either,' he said. Thats why Im a writer. Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place //
It is absolutely criminal that this amazing book has ever gone out of print.National treasure Hughes's The Expendable Man might have maintained its social relevance better, but this is the finer book. Fans of Chandler and other vintage crime will slurp this down, and it's worth reading for its description of forties Los Angeles alone,... Once hed had happiness but for so brief a time; happiness was made of quicksilver, it ran out of your hand like quicksilver. There was the heat of tears suddenly in his eyes and he shook his head angrily. He would not think about it, he would never think of that again. It was long ago in an ancient past. To hell with happiness. More... power and excitement and rhythm
