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Title: NO PROOF
Review: I didn't like this book. I expected an exciting read; after all, this book was touted as the "definitive" story of Elizabeth Short and claims to also "solve" the mystery of who really killed her. Instead I found it extremely dull and unconvincing. Gilmore writes in an exceedingly tedious style; perhaps he was trying for an authentic "film noir" feel by using language and dialogue that is terse and inarticulate. I was reading about a grisy unsolved murder that captures peoples' attention to this very day, and it was putting me to sleep! And as for revealing the true murderer...well, I just have this to say to Mr. Gilmore. In order to solve a murder, you have to have cold, hard PROOF. Not heresay. Not speculation. PROOF. And Gilmore has none. This book was a major disappointment for me. I'm still waiting for a good book to be written about he Black Dahlia; she certainly deserves better than this.
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