True Confessions (Classic Noir)

Loosely based on the "Black Dahlia" case, this novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II centers on two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy. Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The investigation of an unidentified murder victim whose bisected body is found in a vacant lot in the shadow of the Los Angeles Coliseum provides the background against which are played the ever changing loyalties of the two brothers.

First sentence: What Tom Spellacy remembered later was that it began as just another 187.

Year

2000

Language

English

Publisher

Oldcastle

Editions

13

Pages

352

ISBN

9781874061939

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