Falling Angel: Volume 1
William Hjortsberg
Sep 2023 · Falling Angel Book 1 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Michael Kirby
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Edgar Award Finalist: The hunt for a vanished singer leads a detective into the depths of the occult in this "terrific" novel (Stephen King). Big-band frontman Johnny Favorite was singing for the troops when a Luftwaffe fighter squadron strafed the bandstand, killing the crowd and leaving the singer near death. The army returned him to a private hospital in upstate New York, leaving him to live out his days as a vegetable while the world forgot him. But Louis Cyphre never forgets. Cyphre had a contract with the singer, stipulating payment upon Johnny's death-payment that will be denied as long as Johnny clings to life. When Cyphre hires private investigator Harry Angel to find Johnny at the hospital, Angel learns that the singer has disappeared. It is no ordinary missing-person's case. Everyone he questions dies soon after, as Angel's investigation ensnares him in a bizarre tangle of black magic, carnival freaks, and grisly voodoo. When the sinister Louis Cyphre begins appearing in Angel's dreams, the detective fears for his life, his sanity, and his soul. Contains mature themes.
About the author
William Hjortsberg (1941-2017) was an acclaimed author of novels and screenplays. His best-known work is Falling Angel, a hard-boiled occult mystery. In 1987 the book was adapted into a film titled Angel Heart, which starred Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke.
Michael Kirby is a California native, a lifelong skateboarder, and a classically trained actor who holds an MFA from The Old Globe Theatre. With a career spanning more than a quarter century, Michael works in film, television, voice-over, and theater, and has performed Off-Broadway as well as in regional productions.
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