In a Lonely Place

'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphLos Angeles, the late 1940's. A serial killer stalks the foggy streets at night ... Dix Steele, a former fighter pilot, moved to L.A. after the war, looking for a new life. But the city is gripped by fear of a murderer in its midst. Dix, however, is not scared. And when he bumps into his old friend Brub, now a detective on the trail of the culprit, he is excited to follow the police's progress. A dark and terrible truth is revealed, in a noir novel like no other.

''The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect'' Daily Telegraph

Los Angeles, the late 1940''s. A serial killer stalks the foggy streets at night ...

Dix Steele, a former fighter pilot, moved to L.A. after the war, looking for a new life. But the city is gripped by fear of a murderer in its midst. Dix, however, is not scared. And when he bumps into his old friend Brub, now a detective on the trail of the culprit, he is excited to follow the police''s progress. A dark and terrible truth is revealed, in a noir novel like no other.

• | Author: Dorothy B. Hughes
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 13, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780241639184
• | ISBN-10: 0241639182