Bibliograph

Black Dahlia, written and illustrated by Rick Geary

Type

Label

Black Dahlia, written and illustrated by Rick Geary

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Black Dahlia

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Responsibility statement

written and illustrated by Rick Geary

Series statement

A treasury of XXth century murder

Summary

On January 15, 1947, a woman was walking with her daughter in a Los Angeles neighborhood. She passed what looked to be a discarded manikin. It turned out to be the body of Elizabeth Short: posed, drained of blood, meticulously scrubbed, and cut in two. From this point, Geary reconstitutes and reveals for us the life of this 22-year-old woman who had become known as "Black Dahlia" because of her striking appearance. How could her life have ended in such a ghastly fashion? Was it a jealous boyfriend, a rejected suitor, or one of LA's notorious mafia connections whom she had apparently been dabbling with? The case gets more complex when, days later, a local newspaper receives a cut-out letter from an anonymous "Black Dahlia Avenger" admitting to the crime

Target audience

adult

Classification