Angel's Gate: A Shortcut Man Novel

Angel's Gate: A Shortcut Man Novel

The latest novel in the acclaimed Shortcut Man series is a rousing tale of sex, sleaze, and salvation in the City of Angels thatâ€™s â€œfilled with enough dark humor and shady characters to satisfy the most rabid noir fanâ€ (Associated Press).

The latest rousing tale of sex, sleaze, and salvation in the City of Angels, featuring Dick Henry, the Shortcut Man, by p. g. sturges, whom Michael Connelly calls â€œa worthy successor to Chandlerâ€

In Angelâ€™s Gate, Dick Henry is drawn into a case involving an aging but still amorous Los Angeles movie mogul named Howard Hogue, who keeps a stable of twenty-plus young starlets available for his highly rituÂalized and private attentions. . . .

Henry is retained by the sister of a young woman who has gone missing and soon he is becoming friendly with Devi Stanton, the â€œhousemotherâ€ to the starlets. Despite Deviâ€™s morally questionable responsibilities, she is willing to help (and enjoy the company of ) the ShortÂcut Man, a relationship that will be crucial to his survival.

After Hogueâ€™s star director batters one of the starÂlets in a drug-fueled romp, Henry is drawn into a deeper mystery from years past involving a haunting death on a boat and a missing screenplay written by what appears to be a local homeless man.

As he peels back layer upon layer of sordid HollyÂwood history, Dick Henry must contend with crazed drug dealers, Hogueâ€™s personal doctor, crooked cops, private security henchmen, and Hogue himself, who is so powerful and bunkered in his movie-biz milÂlions that he is not intimidated by the ever-resourceful Henry. Amid a final showdown and genius plot twists, the Shortcut Man must outwit his opponents if he is to have any chance to survive.
Country USA
Brand SCRIBNER
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-02-26
EANs 9781476712970

Country	USA
Brand	SCRIBNER
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-02-26
EANs	9781476712970

Angel's Gate: A Shortcut Man Novel

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