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The Black Dahlia

By: James Ellroy
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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A neo-noir crime novel from the legendary crime novelist James Ellroy.

Los Angeles, 15th January 1947: a beautiful young woman walked into the night and met her horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body was found drained of blood and cut in half. The newspapers called her 'The Black Dahlia'. Two cops are caught up in the investigation and embark on a hellish journey that takes them to the core of the dead girl's twisted life....

©1987 James Ellroy (P)2016 Isis Publishing Ltd Crime Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Modern Detectives Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Mystery Police Procedural Emotionally Gripping

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I was absolutely grabbed by the brilliant beginning and the middle, very atmospheric and full of life-like personages, but the story should have ended a three chapters earlier to make this book almost as good as "LA Confidential".

Would have profited from some editing.

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fantastic story little bit of a choir at the beginning of the story but once it kicks in you won't be able to press pause

Great!!

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Terrible narration, read in such a robotic manner.
It's a shame because the actual story is interesting although very unrealistic.
Narration has put me off listening to the quartet , back to basics and buy the paperback versions.

Robotic Narration

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Enjoyed the story more than the performance, plenty of twists and turns but the performance lacked a little drama to truly entertain.

Enjoyable none the less.

Great story

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I know it’s a small thing and not really the fault of the audiobook producer but there is no such thing as a Scottish accent. Jeff here does an alright job of of an Aberdeen accent but needs some work z🤣

Scottish accent?

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Ellroy is a phenomenal story teller, keeping the reader hooked through many an unexpected twist and turn. The choice of Jeff Harding to narrate is absolutely exquisite: his style, his voices, his characters matching the crime noir to perfection

Excellent

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The Black Dahila - good read but some parts quite disturbing & some readers light not like the choice language in book
Jeff's narration great as always

The Black Dahila - good read but some parts quite disturbing & some readers light not like the choice language in book

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One of the great noir stories, albeit one that could have ended a few chapters earlier. The last two twists were unnecessary. The first 9/10ths were brilliant

Excellent performance by Jeff Harding, except for a hilariously bad Scottish accent. American performers generally cannot do Scottish or Irish accents and only spoil things when they try to.

One of the great noir stories

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Loved it. Great atmospheric story, driven forward by a fine performance by the excellent narrator.

Recommended

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Jeff Harding great as usual- but I got the feeling the story wasn’t just flowing to the writer, trying a bit too hard.
But still it’s a good listen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍😜

Good but not his best!

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