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In a Lonely Place (Penguin Modern Classics) Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2010-5-1 Pages: 185 Publisher:. Penguin 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.Read More

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  • Foyles

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

  • TheBookPeople

    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.

  • BookDepository

    In a Lonely Place : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141192314 : 0141192313 : 06 May 2010 : 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.

  • 0141192313
  • 9780141192314
  • Dorothy B. Hughes
  • 6 May 2010
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 192
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