Choke Hold (Angel Dare) - Softcover

Faust, Christa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857682857 ISBN 13: 9780857682857

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Angel Dare went into Witness Protection to escape her past - not as a porn star, but as a killer who took down the sex slavery ring that destroyed her life. But sometimes the past won't stay buried. When a former co-star is gunned down, it's up to Angel to get his son, a hotheaded MMA fighter, safely through the Arizona desert, shady Mexican bordertowns, and the neon mirage of Las Vegas...

About this title

Review:

"An incisively and stylishly written noir thriller... compelling." --Ramsey Campbell

"An instant pulp classic." --Rolling Stone

"Money Shot is a stunner, careening along with a wild, propulsive energy and a deliciously incendiary spirit. Laced with bravado and loaded up with knockabout charm, Christa Faust's Hard Case debut is the literary equivalent of a gasoline cocktail." --Megan Abbott

"The sex industry, bodybuilding drugs, and basic revenge make for a potent cocktail in this eye-popping follow-up to Faust's Edgar Award nominee. She's Hard Case Crime's only female author, and her tough heroine is a welcome addition to the gritty pulp tradition. Snap it up..." --Library Journal

"Faust's tough gal heroine and punchy way of delivering her violent plot quickly grabbed this reader." --Blog Critics

"The First Lady (of Hard Case Crime) is certainly earning her stars and stripes in the crime fiction world." --We Love This Book

"Faust pumps pulp fiction into contemporary focus with the acerbic wit of a demonic Dorothy Parker and the caustic eye for the human condition of vintage Jim Thompson." --The Guardian

"Money Shot is a stunner, careening along with a wild, propulsive energy and a deliciously incendiary spirit. Laced with bravado and loaded up with knockabout charm, Christa Faust's Hard Case debut is the literary equivalent of a gasoline cocktail." --Megan Abbott

"The First Lady (of Hard Case Crime) is certainly earning her stars and stripes in the crime fiction world." --We Love This Book

About the Author:

Christa Faust is a successful horror and crime writer. Her most recent novel Money Shot for Hard Case Crime won the Crimespree Award and was nominated for several others a sequel is forthcoming. She has written tie-ins to Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Twilight Zone amongst others. She lives in Los Angeles, California, and loves vintage shoes and noir cinema.

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857682857
• ISBN 13: 9780857682857
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256