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02532aam a2200337 i 4500 001 79D6E288856211E2A2BF01BBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 121012s2013 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2012037902 020 $a 1476712972 020 $a 9781476712970 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ca 050 00 $a PS3619.T8643 $b A54 2013 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Sturges, Preston, $c Jr. 245 10 $a Angel's gate : $b a Shortcut Man novel / $c P.G. Sturges. 250 $a First Scribner hardcover edition. 260 $a New York : $b Scribner, $c 2013. 300 $a xii, 355 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "The latest novel in the acclaimed Shortcut Man series is a rousing tale of sex, sleaze, and salvation in the City of Angels that's "filled with enough dark humor and shady characters to satisfy the most rabid noir fan" (Associated Press). Our hero Dick Henry--aka the Shortcut Man--becomes involved in a case featuring an aging but still amorous Los Angeles movie mogul named Howard Hogue who keeps a stable of young starlets available for his highly ritualized attentions. Retained by the sister of a young woman who has gone missing, Henry becomes friendly with Connie Cielo, the "housemother" to the starlets. Despite Connie's morally questionable responsibilities, she is willing to help (and enjoy the company of) the Shortcut Man. After Hogue's star director assaults one of these women in a drug-fueled romp, Henry is drawn into a deeper mystery from years past involving a mysterious death on a boat and a missing screenplay written by what appears to be a homeless man. As he peels back layer upon layer of sordid Hollywood history, Dick Henry must contend with crazed drug dealers, Hogue's personal doctor, crooked cops, private security henchmen, and Hogue himself--who is so powerful and bunkered in his movie-biz millions that he is unfazed by the resourceful Henry. A wry and rollicking read, Angel's Gate proves that p.g. sturges is "one of the cleverest and funniest new writers to grace the mystery genre in quite some time" (BookPage.com)"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Private investigators $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Noir fiction. $2 gsafd. 655 7 $a Mystery fiction. $2 gsafd. 941 $a 1 952 $l EBPE325 $d 20150227020006.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=79D6E288856211E2A2BF01BBDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search