hwaspecials.blogg.se - Fade to Blonde by Max Phillips

"Phillips has recreated the universe of Raymond Chandler with utter believability.The novel moves along with punchy, straightforward, sexy prose, and doesn't lack for wit. It's easily one of the best books I've read this year." "It's been said that FADE TO BLONDE could have been a Gold Medal novel. "Inventive, vividly written.highly entertaining." "The author has the eye and the ear and the cojones to keep pace with all this fond brutality." January Magazine on FADE TO BLONDE: "Sharp, savvy, and unapologetically raunchy.this taut, hard novel is a winner."Īlso available in an audiobook edition. The book is a ride, with a femme fatale for the ages, a hard-necked protagonist who could stand side by side with other genre greats, and enough tough guy.

Cain.Deftly balances terse yet tender introspection with hard-hitting physical action.The convincingly understated, witty repartee between guy and gal-and their gangster pals-prevents the book from descending, for even a paragraph, into period pulp parody.

Publishers Weekly on FADE TO BLONDE: "A hard-boiled whodunit sure to thrill fans of such Golden Age masters as James M.

George Pelecanos on FADE TO BLONDE: "The term Chandleresque is overused, but this book.came as close as any I've read to replicating the master's style.This is a superior, smart, exciting crime novel.".

Highly praised author has published novels in hardcover with Henry Holt and Little Brown.

Also nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Cover Art of the Year.

That he’ll have to join the Mob to do it. LaFontaine from a vengeful mobster - but what he doesn’t realize is How can you say no? So Corson agrees to protect starlet Rebecca Ray Corson came to Hollywood to be a screenwriter, not hired muscle.īut when a beautiful girl with a purse full of cash asks for your help, WINNER OF THE SHAMUS AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK NOVEL OF THE YEAR!