In A Lonely Place

Dorothy Hughes ground breaking post war Los Angeles novel about a charismatic serial killer who poses as a writer.

Dix Steele is a grifter and cynical vet who nocturnally preys on women. Meanwhile Los Angeles police are frantically searching for a serial killer. Steele's friendship with Brub, an LAPD investigator, helps mask his deviance until his extreme narcissism and feeling of self-entitlement bring down his facade,