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'Babylon Nights is exhilarating, darkly skewed entertainment' --Independent
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Fifteen years ago, Oscar-winning actress Anna Mayhew had the world at her feet. Now she's pushing forty, her younger lover has left her and the parts are drying up. Seriously depressed, Anna spends much of her time thinking up clever ways to kill herself. But when she discovers she has a crazed stalker, Anna decides she might as well let the stalker do it instead - and create enough headlines to propel her name into film immortality? What better way for a star to exit the stage? Enter David Spandau, who's hired by Anna's sister to protect her. But how do you keep alive a woman who'd prefer to be dead? Despite himself, Spandau finds himself falling for Anna when he accompanies her to the Cannes Film Festival. But Vincent the stalker is also in Cannes, intent on a bloody consummation of their relationship. And Vincent in turn is followed by Special, an opera-loving LA pimp who's trying to recover the $80,000 of mob-owned money Vincent stole from him. So begins a deadly cat-and-mouse game...
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Format:Paperback
"Babylon Nights" is Daniel Depp's highly entertaining second book in the PI David Spandau series--another clever send up of the Hollywood film industry. Knocked for a loop by his recent divorce, a booze-shakey Spandau takes on movie siren Anna Mayhew as a client. Anna is the target of a loony L.A. hair-burner who is obsessed with her and on a mission with a straight razor to spend some quality time with his idol. The psychopath's stalking has finally been noticed by the actress, who is otherwise preoccupied planning her own possible suicide. Spandau is hired to head off the stalker, and the action eventually shifts to the Cannes Film Festival where Actress Anna has a gig as a judge. Add to the mix a rich stew of Southern California and Southern French characters, most notably a Hollywood pimp named Special who has his own reasons for stalking the stalker, and you have something resembling a collaboration between Charles Dickens, Carl Hiaasen, and Elmore Leonard.
The action in this story is matched by the wit of the characters' dialogues. It's all wide open and close to over the top, but author Depp manages the plot and characters cleverly and keeps everything moving entertainingly. The book is at its best when the focus iis on interaction between particular characters. David Spandau as the principled but messed-up lead is well-matched with the principled but messed-up Ann Mayhew. The loony-toon stalker with the razor, Vincent Perec, is a convincing menace, but the standout star of the piece is often Special, the opera loving pimp, who is far beyond street smart and is unmatched in opportunism and ability to survive.
"Babylon Nights" is a lot of fun. Always entertaining and fast-moving. Highly recommended.
The action in this story is matched by the wit of the characters' dialogues. It's all wide open and close to over the top, but author Depp manages the plot and characters cleverly and keeps everything moving entertainingly. The book is at its best when the focus iis on interaction between particular characters. David Spandau as the principled but messed-up lead is well-matched with the principled but messed-up Ann Mayhew. The loony-toon stalker with the razor, Vincent Perec, is a convincing menace, but the standout star of the piece is often Special, the opera loving pimp, who is far beyond street smart and is unmatched in opportunism and ability to survive.
"Babylon Nights" is a lot of fun. Always entertaining and fast-moving. Highly recommended.
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i loved this book,daniel depp never fails to deliver.this book is well worth a read,i completed this book in three days could not put it down.cant wait for his next offering!!.
Format:Kindle Edition
I loved Daniel Depp's first novel which was an excellent take on the old gumshoe type story set in a very realistic view of Hollywood. Given whom his half brother is, this is not surprising.
But this book is a disappointment. His plot is based around a fading actress who wishes to kill herself rather than grow old and a stalker she decides will do the job. This is not played out very convincingly and he seems to forget this is his main story line about a third of the way in.
I get the feeling that Mr Depp fell in love with his characters and was loathed to kill any off or make them seem too bad. He introduces an opera loving black pimp and then doesn't do anything with him. If he was cut out of the story completely it would have no effect on the plot.
The plot is thin and ambles along not doing anything very much and he gets bogged down in a love story that fails to convince.
When the action finally comes he fluffs it. It is worth a read for the dark sense of humour (the drunken fight is worth the ticket money alone), but as crime fiction goes, he is outclassed by almost everyone.
On a technical note the Kindle version has a lot of typos and spelling mistakes in it. Do better Amazon.
But this book is a disappointment. His plot is based around a fading actress who wishes to kill herself rather than grow old and a stalker she decides will do the job. This is not played out very convincingly and he seems to forget this is his main story line about a third of the way in.
I get the feeling that Mr Depp fell in love with his characters and was loathed to kill any off or make them seem too bad. He introduces an opera loving black pimp and then doesn't do anything with him. If he was cut out of the story completely it would have no effect on the plot.
The plot is thin and ambles along not doing anything very much and he gets bogged down in a love story that fails to convince.
When the action finally comes he fluffs it. It is worth a read for the dark sense of humour (the drunken fight is worth the ticket money alone), but as crime fiction goes, he is outclassed by almost everyone.
On a technical note the Kindle version has a lot of typos and spelling mistakes in it. Do better Amazon.
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