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And nobody ever found those killers, because when the white men came down into darktown the next day they found a funeral vigil with over a thousand people lining the road.

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Danny thought of the Buick stolen outside a darktown jazz club.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

Danny opened the passenger door, getting an idea: prowl darktown with the protective coloration of a woman in tow.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

LA South Central, darktown, the area where the killer stole the Marty Goines transport car.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

Last night in darktown, Claire De Haven had been all nerves; the killer had picked up Goines on that block and a hop pusher at the Zombie had addressed her.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

He did not know Marty Goines previously, but was intimately acquainted with the darktown jazz strip, and trusted himself to find a victim there.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

This car was stolen from darktown — right near where the Marty Goines transport car was grabbed.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

They drive someplace quiet, someplace equidistant from darktown and the Sunset Strip.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

Danny let the litany simmer on his way down to darktown — Sunset east to Figueroa, Figueroa to Slauson, Slauson east to Central — a hypothetical route for the car thief/killer.

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

“Does Gordean know any jazz musicians, guys who hang at the jazz clubs down in darktown?”

The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988