Status Updates From The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quar...

Dulange - a truly awful creep of a man. Today’s equivalent would be that Tait bloke. All muscles and misogyny. Very satisfying when Bucky punched him out. Elroy’s view of men is dark. And the manipulation of the press is another really interesting facet to this, along with Elroy’s historical details (Fatty Arbuckle).

The psychology here is interesting. Bucky has become as obsessed as Blanchard was. The confusion on Madeleine and Betty (with Kay thrown into the mix) is weird, unsettling.

Exciting couple of chapters concerning Bobby de Witt and Blanchard. Wondering now if Blanchard killed the Dahlia… but that’s a massive reach. Elliot’s ‘tough guy’ stuff feels real enough - nobody’s 100% heroic or even decent and honest. Bucky closest. There’s mucho sexism, racism. But it is real and it is gripping.

Grimy, sleazy and disturbing. Blanchard is losing his mind and Bucky is withholding information. No idea how this is all going to work out and fear it will be grim.