This novel is based on a true crime that happened in 1947 it is still considered an unsolved. J.C. Macek, has taken the novel and given the story a life. Elizabeth Short did not have to die the way she did.
THE BLACK DAHLIA A Jake Slater Mystery Based on the most notorious unsolved murder in Hollywood history
1947. The war is over. Hollywood is booming. Glamour. Lights. Cameras. And beautiful young women with stars in their eyes pouring into the City of Dreams.
One of them was Elizabeth Short — stunning, sexy, naïve… and unforgettable.
Private Detective Jake Slater met her for one sizzling night. Then she vanished.
Now she’s dead. Mutilated. Bisected. Left on a vacant lot like a broken doll.
No one deserved to die like that. No one.
Jake Slater is on the hunt. But the deeper he digs into the shadows of Tinseltown, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Will the ghost of the Black Dahlia consume him… or will he finally bring her killer to justice?
A hard-boiled detective. A glamorous victim. A city that eats its own. This isn’t just another murder case. This is personal.
THE BLACK DAHLIA A Jake Slater Mystery Based on the true crime that still haunts Hollywood
1947. The war’s over. Hollywood’s on fire. And every pretty face with a dream just stepped off the bus.
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