Vooooodoooo...hard boiled detective mystery, and twisted loooooooove.
Thanks Jeff- just what I was in the mood for.
FALLING ANGEL...the 2nd novel I haveVooooodoooo...hard boiled detective mystery, and twisted loooooooove.
Thanks Jeff- just what I was in the mood for.
FALLING ANGEL...the 2nd novel I have read this month that Mickey Rourke stared in the movie...but this time, the book was sooooooooooooooo much better than the film...and it has nothing to do with the fact that Mickey is cuter in Nine and a Half Weeks- I swear.
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New York City 1959
Private investigator- Harry Angel is hired by mysterious client- Louis Cyphre to find Johnny Favorite- a crooner injured during WWII and possibly living in an old folks home....or is he?
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Harry fails to abide by a number one rule...never trust a man with long finger nails. Just don't do it!!! Men with long finger nails alllllllllways = bad news.
...but Harry takes the case anyways- and follows a trail leading to Johnny. Soon he is in waaaay over his head- dealing with things waaaay out of his comfort zone.
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This book was EXACTLY what I was looking for, at EXACTLY the right time- Willian Hjortsberg is definitely an author I am going to read again. I just hope his next book bloooooooows me away like this one did....more
I haven't read a lot of noir mysteries in the past- I found the ones I read and remembered were rather one sided. The men were the stars of the show- I haven't read a lot of noir mysteries in the past- I found the ones I read and remembered were rather one sided. The men were the stars of the show- the woman secondary characters either there as victims to be knocked around or vixens to be loathed. But after reading a few female authored noir crime books recently- I decided to venture out and read one written by a man and I was more than pleasantly surprised...
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Detective John Blake opens the Daily News and sees a picture of his first love and and high school sweet-heart -Miranda Sugarman. The last time he saw Miranda 10 years ago- she was off to college in Los Alamos with dreams of being a Ophthalmologist, but looking at the day's paper the headline above her photo clearly reads "Stripper Murdered".
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Miranda's body was found on the roof of a sleazy strip club where she worked as a dancer- shot twice in the face on New Years Eve. How does a beautiful and intelligent young girl go from med student to dead stripper, and who would want to kill her?
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John wants and needs to know- and starts delving into the dark world that Miranda became a part of. With the help of his boss -Leo- a retired police officer turned P.I. and a dancer named -Rachel/Susan- they start uncovering the mystery of Miranda's past and why someone would kill to keep her secrets hidden.
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LITTLE GIRL LOST is the first of two books featuring P.I John Blake, and even though it is hard to imagine- I have heard the second one- Songs of Innocence is even better!
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