Femmes Fatales: Women Write Pulp: In a Lonely Place (Paperback)

from jonesli

This is one of the few novels in the hardboiled, noir genre that was written by a woman and I loved it. This author certainly holds her own against other authors in this genre, such as James Cain, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, all authors associated with the classic noir style. In a Lone...

from rainpebble

"In a Lonely Place" by Dorothy B. Hughes My thoughts and comments: Some call it pulp fiction, some call it noir fiction; whatever it is I enjoyed it a great deal. An easy rather formulaic read but that's okay this time because I liked it. Man meets girl; man falls in love with girl; man meets tro...

from KromesTomes

It's a classic noir story: It's 1947 and former Air Force Col. Dickinson "Dix" Steele (love that name) is at loose ends in California, subletting an acquaintance's apartment and living off this guy's credit. He's having trouble readjusting to life back in the states, and neither his lovelife nor ...

from mstrust

So very noir that I pictured the whole story in black and white. Dix Steele (how many pornstar wanna-bes are kicking themselves for not thinking up that name?) is a serial killer, and his best friend, Brum, is a cop. So the mystery isn't one of who did it or who will catch the killer as the reade...

from jonesli

This is one of the few novels in the hardboiled, noir genre that was written by a woman and I loved it. This author certainly holds her own against other authors in this genre, such as James Cain, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, all authors associated with the classic noir style. In a Lone...