Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place (1)

[@melissatreadway8075]

Dorothy is my grandmother. Thank you for keeping her work alive.

[@JinglesPfeff]

Oh wow. Thanks for the comment!

[@stevebailey5591]

That's amazing. I've just read 'In A Lonely Place' and I'm going to read 'Ride The Pink Horse' next. I'd be amazed if Patricia Highsmith hadn''t read and been influenced by 'In A Lonely Place'.

[@MrNurserob]

I totally agree; the first thing I said was that it shouldn’t even have been called by the same name. The book was far superior in its storyline, description of the physical locations in and around Santa Monica and into Beverly Hills, as well as building the character of Dix. Fantastic book. Additionally, the thought of Humphrey Bogart (however talented an actor) playing a 28, 29 year old recently discharged Army Air Corps ace fighter pilot who can charm women with a sentence or two of clever banter, despite the entire metropolitan area being gripped with fear of ‘the Strangler’ is comically absurd, had the movie been even remotely similar to the book.