Synopses & Reviews
For New York private investigator Harry Angel, it's just another job for the missing persons file. An enigmatic client wants him to track down famous 40s crooner Johnny Favorite. The problem is, the singer was last seen in a hospital upstate more than fifteen years ago. And Johnny's current whereabouts-and his fate-are shrouded in mystery.
With a trail as cold as stone, Angel delves into Favorite's murky past, discovering the singer had shocking connections to seamy carnival sideshows, black magic, and a grisly voodoo cult. And the deeper Angel digs, the further he descends into a dark underworld, where someone as evil as the blackest of shadows holds all the chilling answers.
Review
"Terrific...One of a kind...I've never read anything remotely like it." --Stephen King
"A near-perfect book...Not since Psycho changed the bathing habits of thousands has a novelist so completely turned preconceptions inside out." --Los Angeles Times
"A compelling, page-turning story in the best private-eye tradition, with brilliantly nightmarish scenes of black magic and voodoo." --Washington Post
"A tight, suspenseful story...Not for the timid." --Miami Herald
About the Author
A native New Yorker,
William Hjortsberg has lived in the mountains of Montana for the past twenty-five years. He is the author of seven works of fiction, including
Nevermore, Alp, and
Gray Matters. Among his screen credits are
Legend, directed by Ridley Scott, and
Angel Heart, based on this novel. He is currently at work on his next novel.