Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress known as the Black Dahlia, achieved fame not from movies but for her brutal murder in the shadows of Hollywood. The Black Dahlia’s legend has grown not only for the atrocity of the crime that took her life but because her murder remains officially unsolved after three quarters of a century. For decades it has been believed that only Elizabeth Short and her killer know the true details of her death But what if the truth was uncovered, not only of the Black Dahlia murder but of the rotten core of Hollywood itself, rife with crime, exploitation and decadence. And if the truth was uncovered, why does it remain secret after all these years. Meticulously researched and thrillingly told by crime novelist J.C. Maçek III, The Black Dahlia is a noir detective thriller that takes the true facts of the most famous murder in Hollywood history along with similar cases and an entire lineup of true life suspects to find and expose the real truth of the identity of Elizabeth Short’s murderer or murderers. The Black Dahlia goes far beyond the headlines and brings in other cases from Hollywood’s history to connect the dots. A TRUE CRIME thriller like no other, The Black Dahlia is the one novel you need to read to learn about the life and legacy of The Black Dahlia as told through the magnifying glass of Private Detective Jake Slater.