Something More Than Night, Kim Newman
Something More Than Night, Kim Newman
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Something More Than Night

Author: Kim Newman

Narrator: Tim Campbell

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2022

Synopsis

With his signature wit, the award-winning author of Anno Dracula, Kim Newman, reimagines the lives of Raymond Chandler and Boris Karloff in this daring and horrifying tale.Hollywood, the late 1930s. Raymond Chandler writes detective stories for pulp magazines and drinks more than he should. Boris Karloff plays monsters in the movies. Together, they investigate mysterious matters in a town run by human and inhuman monsters.Joh Devlin, an investigator for the DA’s office who scores high on insubordination, enlists the pair to work a case that threatens to expose Hollywood’s most horrific secrets. Together, Chandler and Karloff will find out more than they should about the way this town works. And about each other. And, oh yes, monsters aren’t just for the movies.

About Kim Newman

Kim Newman is a popular and respected author and movie critic, known for his acclaimed alternate-history series, Anno Dracula. He writes regularly for Empire magazine and contributes to the Guardian, the Times, Time Out, and others. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV, and is the chief writer of the BBC TV series Mark Kermode’s Secrets of Cinema. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy, and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and James Herbert Awards. He lives in London.

About Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell, winner of AudioFile Earphones Awards, is a narrator and actor based in Los Angeles, California. He studied at the University of California and earned a BA in music and theater and a certification from the prestigious Great Books program at Pepperdine University, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is also a classically trained singer and performs regularly with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Los Angeles Opera Chorus, as well as on studio soundtracks for film and television.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steve on November 17, 2022

The book opens, in a sort of Prologue, in a 1931 theater (The Styx) that features second-run films. Tonight's feature, "Frankenstein" starring "?" Here we meet a drunken Raymond Chandler, sipping on a bag of "peanuts" (prohibition) ruminating over his so far messy life. When the film begins to roll,......more

Goodreads review by Greg at 2 Book Lovers Reviews on January 11, 2022

This book really piqued my interest. Newman made two actual people characters in his fictional story: Billy Pratt, aka Boris Karloff, and famed novelist Raymond Chandler. Yes, sir, I am in like Flynn. The story got off to a great start. Newman brought these two characters to life within his pages, he......more

Goodreads review by Amy Walker on January 11, 2022

Kim Newman books are strange creatures. They're filled with plots that have more twists and turns in them than you'd find in a ball of string, characters that come to life in unexpected ways, and nods to other books and films that will have you smiling at the references. Having previously read and e......more

Goodreads review by Tom on November 05, 2024

A great and gory noir romp. I could easily digest another 7 of these before needing to catch my breath.......more

Goodreads review by Dan on October 05, 2021

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher Titan Books for an advanced copy of this new historical horror novel. Kim Newman, creator of the Anno Dracula series, along with many other books and articles about movies, monsters and music, mixes the real world with the myth of movies in the book Something......more

Quotes

“If more mysteries were written like this, I’d read more mysteries.” Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author

“Movies, monsters, and Kim Newman’s sharp wit—what a treat!” Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author

“Newman successfully integrates real historical figures into a tale that’s equal parts monster movie and detective noir, abounding with witches, murderous clowns, Frankenstein’s monsterlike creatures, and brooding gumshoes. The result is both an homage and a glorious reinvention, perfect for those nostalgic for the pulpy genre fiction of the past.” Publishers Weekly

“Part film noir parody, part a delightful celebration of the heyday of Hollywood, and all imaginative epic—it’s as strong, heady, and dangerous as the bathroom gin of the Prohibition speakeasys he recreates so well.” Robert Shearman, World Fantasy Award–winning author

“A glorious, insane, noir mash-up.” M. R. Carey, USA Today bestselling author

“Hard-bitten, tender, and a killer double bill for film lovers.” Christopher Fowler, author of Full Dark House

“Monstrously inventive.” Paul McAuley, Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author

“Classic Kim Newman.” Jon Courtenay Grimwood, author of Felaheen

“Kinetically entertaining.” Financial Times

“The perfect entertainment.” Stephen Jones, World Fantasy Award–winning author

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