The Zoot Suit Murders

The Zoot Suit Murders

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author = Thomas Sanchez
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Historical, Mystery novel
publisher = E P Dutton
release_date = October 1978
media_type = Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
pages = 230 pp (first edition, hardback)
isbn = ISBN 0-525-24060-8 (first edition, hardback)
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"The Zoot Suit Murders" by Thomas Sanchez is a murder mystery set in Los Angeles of the 1940s and employing the true historical events of the Zoot suit riots as a backdrop towards the empty space.


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