Piu Eatwell is the author of Black Dahlia, Red Rose and The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse and has produced and researched historical documentaries for the BBC and other channels, including the widely acclaimed film Charles Manson: The Man Who Killed the Sixties. She divides her time between Paris and London with her husband and three children.
"Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell provides fresh evidence that
we can never get enough of our favorite pin-up corpse. . . . [A]
juicy page turner…capturing both the allure and the perils of the
dream factory that promised riches and fame to star-struck young
women from tired little towns all over war-weary America and who,
even today, find themselves at the mercy of predatory men."
*New York Times Book Review*
"There will be other books. There will be other theories. They’ll
have to meet the Eatwell standard."
*Minneapolis Star Tribune*
"Black Dahlia, Red Rose . . . put[s] Elizabeth Short at the center
of her own story, while still managing to read like a classic noir
tale. Eatwell's extensive research pays off in the narrative, which
is impressively detailed. . . . Fascinating."
*Bustle*
"Eatwell writes brilliantly . . . After decades of cultural
appropriation by journalists, novelists and film-makers, Eatwell
has finally offered [Elizabeth] Short a type of belated justice.
Her book reads like a thriller, but it never loses sight of the
real woman whose life was so savagely extinguished."
*Sunday Times*
"A meticulously researched work that is delivered with all the
punch, pace and suspense of the finest noir thrillers . . . Eatwell
never forgets the tragic figure at the heart of her story, while
emphasising the callousness of the post-second World War era in
which she was so brutally murdered."
*The Irish Times*
"Eatwell makes a convincing case for the Black Dahlia killer’s
identity."
*Publishers Weekly*
"A thoroughly researched look at the crime . . . Eatwell
successfully paints a portrait of the city and its police
department, signifying that the cover-up and corruption involved in
this case (as well as throughout the department) was a product of
the time and not reflective of today's practices. . . . .The
investigative materials provide a solid foundation for Eatwell's
film noir-style narrative; a first purchase where true crime titles
circulate widely."
*Library Journal*
"Piu Eatwell is hot on the trail of one of the twentieth century’s
most famous cold cases—the Black Dahlia murder—and she takes us
along for the ride…back to Los Angeles in the winter of 1947, back
to the wealth of evidence assembled by the cops, by the tabloids
and news dailies, by a 1949 grand jury. The ride is well worth
taking, especially when she hones in on a plausible and previously
neglected suspect in the case."
*Jon Lewis, author of Hard-Boiled Hollywood: Crime and Punishment
in Postwar Los Angeles*
"Compulsively readable, impeccably researched and heart-rending at
times, Black Dahlia, Red Rose deserves a place at the top of any
true crime aficionado’s bookshelf. With forensic precision and an
admirable eye for detail, Piu Eatwell not only uncovers plausible
new insights into the notorious and brutal murder of Elizabeth
Short, she unpicks the mores of the time, delves into the
motivations of the main players and blasts through the smoky noir
clichés surrounding 1940s Los Angeles."
*Sarah Lotz, author of Day Four and The Three*
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