In a Lonely Place
Dorothy B. Hughes
 The novel is a noir set in post World War II Los Angeles. Dix Steele, the main character, is an ex-airman who roams the city at night. He offers to help a detective friend solve the case of a serial killer. Eventually, however, actress Laurel Grey and the detective's wife discover that Steele himself is the murderer. and exposes the misogyny of American society at that time.