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Author:

Shannon, Dell, 1921-1988, author.

Title:

Case pending / Dell Shannon ; edited and with an introduction by Leslie S. Klinger.

Publisher:

Poisoned Pen Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xiii, 216 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Mendoza, Luis (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Police--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
California--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Klinger, Leslie S., writer of introduction.

Notes:

"This edition is based on the first edition in the collection of the Library of Congress, published in 1960 in the United States by Harper & Brothers"--Title page verso. Includes reading group guide.

Summary:

"Case Pending follows Lieutenant Luis Mendoza as he investigates the murder of a young girl in Southern California. A child disappears on her way home from the roller rink, and her battered body is later found abandoned in an empty lot in Southern California. It's a demoralizing scene that gives Lieutenant Luis Mendoza very little evidence to work with. But little does he know that just across town a young man-oppressed by guilt-finds a spot of blood on his sleeve and worries that it's happened again... When Mendoza connects the girl's death with that of another woman, the case becomes even more dangerous. Dell Shannon's engrossing mystery captures the essence of a diverse Southern California community that is forced to face the worst parts of itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Library of Congress crime classics

ISBN:

1464213011
9781464213014

LCCN:

2019053690

Locations:

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)