The Blackbirder - Hardcover

Hughes, Dorothy B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786222174 ISBN 13: 9780786222179

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 1999

Synopsis

After fleeing World War II France for the safety of the United States, Julie Guille gets framed for two murders and must find the Blackbirder, a mysterious refugee defender who may hold the key to her escape as she runs from the FBI, the Gestapo, and her own uncle

About this title

About the Author

DOROTHY B. HUGHES (August 10, 1904 - May 6, 1993) was an American crime writer and literary critic. Hughes wrote fourteen crime and detective novels, primarily in the hardboiled and noir styles, and is best known for the novels In a Lonely Place (1947) and Ride the Pink Horse (1946). From 1940 to 1979 she reviewed mysteries for the Albuquerque Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Herald-Tribune and other newspapers. She wrote The Blackbirder in 1943.

Review

    · "Nobody but Dorothy Hughes can cast suspense into such an uncanny spell." --San Francisco Chronicle 

   · "A gun molling wordslinger who took it to the tough guys... I simply call Hughes one damn good story teller." -- John Hood, Bully Magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0786222174
• ISBN 13: 9780786222179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 323