This book examines the Elizabeth Short/Black Dahlia murder, one of America’s most famous unsolved cases.

In a way, this book is thoroughly researched. It backs up its criticism of the Los Angeles police department’s investigation succinctly, but clearly. The criticism I would have would be that it’s written with a point of view in mind, and makes an argument, based on that preconceived ideas of who did it. As an example, she tried to do forensic tests 70 years after the murder, and doesn’t address criticisms of her point of view.

In short, it’s well written, but you might need to read more widely to get an accurate, or at least more rounded, view of the case.