by Piu Eatwell
Book design by Lisa Buckley
Production manager: Anna Oler
JACKET DESIGN BY STEVE ATTARDO
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Names: Eatwell, Piu Marie, author.
Title: Black Dahlia, Red Rose : the crime, corruption, and cover-up of America’s greatest unsolved murder / Piu Eatwell.
Description: First edition. | New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017035228 | ISBN 9781631492266 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Short, Elizabeth, 1924-1947. | Murder—California—Los Angeles—Case studies. | Murder—Investigation—California—Los Angeles—Case studies.
Classification: LCC HV6534.L67 E23 2017 | DDC 364.152/30979494—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017035228
ISBN 978-1-63149-227-3 (e-book)
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Table of Contents
Title
Contents
Preface
Key Dramatis Personae
Part 1 • Fallen Angel
1. Farewell My Lovely
2. A Double Life
3. The Capture
4. Gilda
5. Dial M for Murder
6. House of Strangers
7. The Big Sleep
Part 2 • Dark Passage
8. The Letter
9. The Suspect
10. Behind Locked Doors
11. Deadline at Dawn
12. Breaking Point
13. The Lodger
14. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
15. Panic in the Streets
Part 3 • Raw Deal
16. Key Witness
17. The Glass Alibi
18. The Verdict
19. Detour
20. Fall Guy
21. Voice in the Wind
Part 4 • Out Of The Past
22. The Name of the Rose
23. Specter of the Rose
24. The Woman in the Window
Postscript
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Full Dramatis Personae
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Also by Piu Eatwell
Copyright