Luciano Lorenzin Knihy

Prohibition is a big headache for some . . . and a big payday for others, the fearless entrepreneurs with little respect for the law of the land. With $125,000 worth of Kentucky's finest homemade whiskey in his possession, big, hell-raising Son Martin counts himself among the latter. Son knows having this much illegal hooch makes him a very tasty target, but nobody's going to steal it from him. Ware may be coming to his backyard, but Son's not worried. Because when it comes to fighting, shooting, and keeping one step ahead of the Big Boys, he's more than good—he's bad . . . and dangerous . . . and deadly.

Los Angeles, 1th January 1947: a beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in helf. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life. The first part of Ellroy's crime fiction masterwork, the LA Quartet, and based around a real murder case, The Black Dahlia pulses with violence, darkness and brutality. It is crime writing at its most powerful.

Non si muovono certo in un mondo di illusioni Lee e Dwight, poliziotti, pugili, amici nonostante tutto. Eppure il pericolo più grave per loro non arriva dalla folla di relitti umani e delinquenti che li circondano, né dalla violenza e dalla corruzione di Los Angeles, né da Kay, la donna da cui entrambi sono attratti ma che non li divide né li fa sentire rivali. E' un orrido delitto a destabilizzarli, ribaltando in modo definitivo la loro vita: il massacro di Elizabeth Short, che i giornali si affrettano a battezzare Dalia Nera. E' una prostituta a tempo perso, una vittima conseziente dello show business e soprattutto di se stessa, una ragazza leggera, allegra, imprudente.