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

After 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.

In a Lonely Place

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'Puts Chandler to shame ... Hughes is the master we keep turning to' Sara ParetskyAfter the war, cynical veteran Dix... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 06/05/2010
    ISBN13: 9780141192314, 978-0141192314
    ISBN10: 0141192313

    Number of Pages: 192

    Fiction , Crime & Thriller

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

    After 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.

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