His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. Deliciously dark prose, taut dialogue, sex, murder; this female-authored noir has it all in spades, set in post-WWII Los Angeles, awash in emasculated paranoia of the returned soldier. Dix moving through the night, stalking his victims, is suspenseful and chilling but written quietly and creating an atmosphere that makes the reader feel the night and fog about them as they read.—Mack Captures Crime blog, Dorothy B. Hughes writes literary hardboiled noir taking on and matching Chandler, Hammett, Cain and Thompson at their game.—Rob Kitchlin, author of The White Gallows. Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. Recommended. To me she still imparts that delightful quiver.—Dorothy Salisbury Davis, author of In the Still of the Night, Dorothy B. Hughes was in a class of her own. Although the violence almost exclusively takes place in the periphery, it is ever present the interactions Dix Steele has with his friends and lover. An effective use of an unreliable narrator which is cleverly conceived by the author. Aftershocks of this book can be felt in the writings of, This is not a whodunit.

I particularly enjoyed how Hughes subverts some of the tropes of this genre, like the femme fatale, and avoids melodramatic, theatrical storytelling by placing us in the mind of the killer. Previous page of related Sponsored Products, Penguin Classics; 01 Edition (6 May 2010), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2018, ‘The criminal doesn’t escape’ … ‘He has to live with himself. His funds are running out and his frustrations are growing. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

I decided on reading Dorothy B. Hughes's In a Lonely Place, this year after hearing from Cassio, a Goodreads friend, recommending it and thinking it was something I would enjoy. It must be a statutory requirement for modern psychological thriller writers to read, If Mickey Spillane had named one of his heroes "Dix Steele," it would leave me shaking my head and rolling my eyes, but when Dorothy B. Hughes gives the name to a serial rapist and killer, I nod and smile.

After all, he’s a big handsome fella who dresses well and likes to dine out in swell places. To see what your friends thought of this book. and over 8 million other books are available for, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Los Angeles in the late 1940s is a city of promise and prosperity, but not for former fighter pilot Dix Steele. Fabulous novel full of pace and tension which placed you right inside the head of the killer.

Be the first to ask a question about In a Lonely Place. This would make a good book club read given how unique the approach is and how real the characters are.

What a pleasure it is to see this tale in print once again!—Marcia Muller, author of the Sharon McCone novels, Lock your doors and windows before you start reading Dorothy B. Hughes superbly written In a Lonely Place, then prepare to lose some sleep. A journalist and a poet, she began publishing hard-boiled crime novels in 1940, three of which were made into successful films: The Big Sleep: An Philip Marlowe Mystery (Phillip Marlowe). The structure is flawless, and the scenes of postwar LA have an immediacy that puts Chandler to shame. What a bargain. "In a Lonely Place", first published in 1947, tells the story of Dix Steele, a dilettante New Yorker recently moved to Los Angeles who is keenly following the actions of an as yet uncaught serial killer. They have been through WWII and have strong goals and ideas and actually do something about them. Hughes really ought to be better known, as she more than holds her own against Chandler and Hammett. Dix knows enough to watch his step, especially since his best friend is on the force, but when he meets the luscious Laurel Gray—a femme fatale with brains—something begins to crack.
This novel from Dorothy Hughes, a portrait of a sociopath in post-WWII Los Angeles, was very loosely adapted in to the under-appreciated noir classic movie directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. by The Feminist Press at CUNY. Noir the way noir should be. I can understand how this made a good film but as a novel it fails. He himself wrote mysteries in what he, somewhat self-servingly, called the traditional mode - puzzle stories that were far removed from the actual scene of any crime and had various conundrums presented and solved during the course of polite dinner-table chat. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. It’s something of an axiom that good novels make bad movies. Pages: 224 ISBN: 9781681371474 My apologies to several pals who love this one, but I was not transported. I lived a few weeks while you loved me.”, “I was born when he kissed me, I died when he left me, I lived a few weeks while he loved me”, Pages of Noir: The Books that Became Film Noir (fiction), JUNE 2020: In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes, December 2019 Group Reads - In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place: In Progress (No Spoilers), Killing the 'Dead Girl' Theme in Crime Fiction. There is nothing overdone with her dialog and descriptions. "In a Lonely Place" is an enjoyable and tense novel.

There's a problem loading this menu at the moment. Just one problem. The portrait of a serial killer is expertly crafted here and not only could you feel the tension building up, the you could almost reach out and touch the dark, foggy atmosphere. 'Puts Chandler to shame ... Hughes is the master we keep turning to'Sara Paretsky. Postwar Los Angeles is a lonely place where the American Dream is showing its seamy underside—and a stranger is preying on young women. When the mist cleared, there I was, still standing on the dock. A Rage in Harlem (Penguin Modern Classics), The So Blue Marble (Americanmystery Classics), The Man Who Didn't Call: The OMG Love Story of the Year – with a Fantastic Twist.

I'll be gifting and recommending this book for years to come.

Dorothy B. Hughes (1904–1993) was a mystery author and literary critic. I particularly enjoyed how Hughes subverts some of the tropes of this genre, like the femme fatale, and avoids melodramatic, theatrical storytelling by placing us in the mind of the killer. Hughes is an expert at building tension. For one thing, her female characters are fantastic. We’d love your help.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2018. Dorothy B. Hughes (1904-93) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and lived most of her life in New Mexico. One that cuts to the touch.—Megan Abbott, author of Dare Me and The Fever, Hughes was a wonderful writer. Vividly brings the streets and places of Los Angeles of the 1940's to life. I loved this and can’t wait to read more from Hughes. Bumping into an old friend, now a detective working on the case, Dix is thrilled by closely following the progress of the police. Please try again. A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart.

A Shadowed Livery: A chilling mystery inspired by true events (Inspector James Give... Unquiet Souls: When those you love betray you, who can you trust? If you were a single gal living in post-war Los Angeles you’d probably find Dix Steele absolutely dreamy. To me she had the sense of place and the narrative drive of Eric Ambler-tautened by a woman's edginess. Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes’s tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution.

Loved it. In an introduction to a collection of his mystery stories,Isaac Asimov dismisses the sort of mystery novel in which we know who the killer is all along as a sort of wallowing in pathological psychology. Although the violence almost exclusively takes place in the periphery, it is ever present the interactions Dix Steele has with his friends and lover. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I enjoyed this 1947 noir book. I just read this for my mystery group's monthly read and it was fantastic. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2020, It would not be a spoiler to tell you that the narrator is a seriel killer. I was a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this claustrophobic masterpiece of LA noir. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. In a Lonely Place is an excellent example of hard-boiled, LA Noir. The queen of noir, Dorothy B. Hughes blends psychological suspense with conventional Hard-boiled and Noir styles to give us In a Lonely Place. She wrote in the 1940's in the time of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett and really holds her own. ... A Gritty Crim... My favourite crime writer. I didn't realise when it was written and thought as I went along how like Raymond Chandler the writing style was, then I realised it is from the same era! Brian Dillon's remarkable new essay collection, Suppose a Sentence, was published in late September, and the reviews are steadily rolling in! I have never read this author before and what a mistake that was. Click here to order.

First the bottom line: I loved this novel. A great Psychological thriller unlike anything that I have read. Set in LA is it s short and exciting read. They are strong women who do not simper and hide behind men.

And meeting his new neighbour, sultry and beautiful actress Laurel Gray, brings even more excitement into his life. Something went wrong. About once a month he feels a compulsion to strangle a strange woman to death. Ex-airman, Dix Steele offers to help his detective friend solve the case and catch the serial killer in the hopes it will help him with the crime novel he is writing. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. I delighted in these sentences. What truly sets it apart is the prose style: so elegant and sculpted.

In a Lonely Place (Penguin Modern Classics), Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK, Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost, Dispatch to this address when you check out. Where is the good life he w, Available as an e-book from these retailers. Written with controlled elegance, Dorothy B. Hughes’s tense novel is at once an early indictment of a truly toxic masculinity and a twisty page-turner with a surprisingly feminist resolution. In a Lonely Place was adapted for film in 1950, with Humphrey Bogart as Dix Steele. He’s caught there in that lonely place.’ (p. 74), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2020.

A classic of golden age noir, In a Lonely Place also inspired Nicholas Ray’s 1950 film of the same name, starring Humphrey Bogart. November 1st 2003 Dorothy B Hughes will always be remembered primarily for her fourteen hardboiled and crime noir novels, with this particular novel most definitely falling into the latter category. [ primary of these for me being the assumed identity, with the car, the apartment and the clothes of one of his victims. The suggestively named Dix Steele, a cynical vet with a chip on his shoulder about the opposite sex, is the LAPD's top suspect. Welcome back. Publication Date: August 15, 2017. At times you suspect he may be involved in the series of crimes that are committed, while at other times you are made to doubt your own instincts.


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