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A review by bmckillip
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
5.0
I’ve read plenty of crime, mystery, and noir fiction. From Hammet to Ellroy, Doyle to Horowitz. But Dorothy Hughes’ exploration of crime and evil in post-War LA written in 1947 felt fresh and new. It was unlike a crime novel that I had read before.
Her approach to the story and the character whose point of view the story is told from fasinated me and kept me riveted to the book.
It was one of those experiences that you wish you could go back and relive fresh again. It saddens me that I will never get to read “In A Lonely Place” for the first time again.
Her approach to the story and the character whose point of view the story is told from fasinated me and kept me riveted to the book.
It was one of those experiences that you wish you could go back and relive fresh again. It saddens me that I will never get to read “In A Lonely Place” for the first time again.