Angel in Black, Max Allan Collins
Angel in Black, Max Allan Collins
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Angel in Black

Author: Max Allan Collins

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 10 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/05/2012

Synopsis

Los Angeles. The City of Angels. The perfect place for a honeymoon…and the worst possible time for a murder.Vacationing private investigator Nate Heller finds himself a suspect in the LAPD’s investigation of the notorious Black Dahlia murder case. Problem is the butchered starlet, Elizabeth Short, is an old Chicago flame of Heller’s—and only the P.I. himself knows she was blackmailing him for abortion money.Classic noir at its finest blended to extraordinary effect with historical facts, Max Allan Collins’ Angel in Black crackles with tight plotting and razor-sharp dialogue. With the help of a world-weary, alcoholic Eliot Ness, Heller links the murder to a notorious Cleveland serial killer…while doing his best to stay out of jail and salvage his already troubled new marriage. Along the way he encounters Chicago boxer Barney Ross, fellow suspect Orson Welles, and zany gangster Mickey Cohen.

About Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins has earned fifteen Private Eye Writers of America “Shamus” nominations, winning for his Nathan Heller novels, True Detective and Stolen Away, and receiving the PWA life achievement award, the Eye. His graphic novel, Road to Perdition, which is the basis of the Academy Award–winning film starring Tom Hanks, was followed by two novels, Road to Purgatory and Road to Paradise. His suspense series include Quarry, Nolan, Mallory, and Eliot Ness, and his numerous comics credits include the syndicated Dick Tracy and his own Ms. Tree. He has written and directed four feature films and two documentaries. His other produced screenplays include “The Expert,” an HBO World Premiere. His coffee-table book The History of Mystery received nominations for every major mystery award and Men’s Adventure Magazines won the Anthony Award. Collins lives in Muscatine, Iowa, with his wife, writer Barbara Collins. They have collaborated on seven novels and numerous short stories, and are currently writing the “Trash ‘n’ Treasures” mysteries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Matt

Atmospheric, vividly told if misogynistic detective fiction. I don't read a whole lot of this genre, and have never read any of Max Allan Collins' books prior to this 2001 effort. The author assuredly has a gift for vivid, historically accurate scene-setting and enjoyably salty (yet coarse) dialogue......more

Goodreads review by Michael

Another interesting mix of real events and the fictional Nathan Heller A-1 Detective. He is expanding to LA and is one of the people who finds the body of Elizabeth Short ( the Black Dahlia ). To try and hide his knowledge of the lady he is working with the Hearst papers and the police to hunt down......more

Goodreads review by David

Another clever Nate Heller book, inserting him into historic events - in this case the infamous Black Dahlia mystery of 1947. The Heller character carries the story in the first person and he is a very well written hard-bitten private eye.......more

Goodreads review by Neilie

This fictionalization of the Black Dahlia murder made me want to read more about the actual case. Heller's a truly ambiguous character in this one; never exactly a good guy even on his best days, here he reveals a few more of the unattractive skeletons in his closet. Collins does a good job of calli......more

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