Description
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.
'If more mysteries were written like this, I'd read more mysteries.' - Grady Hendrix, author of The Final Girl Support Group 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 they 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.
Author: Kim Newman
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781789097719
ISBN10: 1789097711
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Mashups
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Hard-Boiled
'If more mysteries were written like this, I'd read more mysteries.' - Grady Hendrix, author of The Final Girl Support Group 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 they 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.
Author: Kim Newman
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Published: 11/02/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781789097719
ISBN10: 1789097711
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Mashups
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Hard-Boiled
About the Author
Kim Newman is a well known and respected author and movie critic, known for his acclaimed Anno Dracula series. 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. 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.