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City of Fallen Angels: Atmospheric detective noir set in the suffocating LA heat wave
City of Fallen Angels: Atmospheric detective noir set in the suffocating LA heat wave | Paul Buchanan
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Summer, 1962. A scorching heat wave is suffocating L.A. PI John Keegan is offered a small fortune to find a beautiful woman from a set of photographs. He refuses; the job seems suspicious. But the next day the same woman, Eve, turns (…more)
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A hot summer mystery, saturated in Jameson, drifting on the tense waves of LA Palm-thick sizzle. A foray into the classic noir genre, an amble into a sympathetic journalist character who we can or cannot trust. It‘s a cliche of a femme fatale, or is it. It‘s a fever dream suspended in a familiar heat wave, punctuated with the perfect simile. It‘s overall a stunning bit of detective fiction that will envelop you in the world of Jimmy Keegan.