Falling Angel

Falling Angel, Book 1

By: William Hjortsberg

Narrated by: Michael Kirby

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.

©1978 William Hjortsberg (P)2023 Tantor

Just like AngelHeart Movie!!!!

This is 5 stars at its best. Narration was superb. I could not stop listening. I’m so excited to read his sequel next!!!!

More detail than movie

Original story t hats easy to imagine into a movie. A little more darker than the movie version. Well worth time

Animal abuse and death warning

Highly descriptive torturing and killing of an animal made me turn this book off forever. Be warned.

Dark

Very cool. Slick. I dig any books dealing with Satan. Great movie as well. Old New York

writing style

liked this more than the movie adaptation and didn't realize there was more to the story