Severed

3.7 avg 1785 votes 125 reviews 2133 want to read

About this book

The Black Dahlia murder hit post-War Los Angeles like a bombshell . . . an impenetrable mystery—the haunting crown jewel of LAPD’s “unsolved” murders. Even before her savage death, beautiful 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, an aspiring starlet and nightclub habitué, was known as the Black Dahlia—now a magnetic icon in American pop culture, an almost mythical symbol of noir Hollywood. In this expanded edition, John Gilmore plumbs the dark core of this terrifying story that he argues can never be truly solved. Here is the real Elizabeth Short—the enigmatic Black Dahlia.

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3.7/5 · 1785 readers · 237 pages · ≈ 4 h 23 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Severed?

About ≈ 4 h 23 m — 237 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mSevered~4 h 23 m

How many pages is Severed?

237 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Severed237

What genre is Severed?

It sits on the True Crime, Fiction shelves.

Is Severed in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Severed?

John Gilmore.

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