num_pages: 624
description: In 1947, California's infamous Black Dahlia murder inspired the largest manhunt in Los Angeles history. Despite an unprecedented allocation of money and manpower, police investigators failed to identify the psychopath responsible for the sadistic murder and mutilation of beautiful twenty-two-year-old Elizabeth Short. Decades later, former LAPD homicide detective-turned-private investigator Steve Hodel launched his own investigation into the grisly unsolved crime—and it led him to a shockingly unexpected perpetrator: Hodel's own father.A spellbinding tour de force of true-crime writing, this newly revised edition includes never-before-published forensic evidence, photos, and previously unreleased documents, definitively closing the case that has often been called "the most notorious unsolved murder of the twentieth century."
language: English
title: Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder
titlecomplete: Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder
characters: Elizabeth Short
genres: 20th Century, Historical, Biography, Crime, Noir, Mystery, Nonfiction, True Crime, History, Memoir
ratings_count: 3976
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Fact Crime
publisher: HarperCollins