Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bringing Tropical Dreams to life is the culmination of facing all life has dealt to her. She can't escape the devastation of anger and pain. With startling new evidence, this gripping reexamination of the Black Dahlia murder offers a definitive theory of a quintessential American crime. Betrayal and death permeated Tiana Alexander's past and threatens to rip apart her future. This is a dark tale of sex, manipulation, obsession, psychopathy and one of the biggest police cover ups in history. My books: Tropical Dreams Tropical Nightmares A Moment in Time (a part of Treasured Moments boxset) Blind Attraction (Coming 2015) Learn more about Kelly. The case was immortalised in James Ellroy's famous novel based on the case, in Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon and Brian de Palma's movie The Black Dahlia. In this ground-breaking book, Piu Eatwell reveals compelling forensic and eye witness evidence for the first time, which finally points to the identity of the murderer.

The homicide inquiry that followed consumed Los Angeles for years and the authorities blew millions of dollars of resources on an investigation that threw up dozens of suspects. She was quickly nicknamed The Black Dahlia. Superb' Sarah Lotz, author of The Three and The White Road ************* On 15th January 1947, the naked, dismembered body of a black-haired beauty, Elizabeth Short, was discovered lying next to a pavement in a Hollywood suburb. A must-read for anyone with an interest in the Black Dahlia - or indeed any fan of the true-crime genre' Rod Reynolds, author of The Dark Inside 'Compulsively readable, impeccably researched and heart-rending at times.

Her book reads like a thriller' Sunday Times 'A compelling read, in both style and substance.

has finally offered Short a type of belated justice. ******* A TIMES 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' ******* ***Shortlisted for the CWA Dagger for non-fiction*** 'A magnificent, meticulous and startling re-examination of a crime that haunts the world's imagination' Geoffrey Wansell, author of An Evil Love: The Life of Frederick West 'Eatwell writes brilliantly.

Tropical Dreams by Kelly Cozzone