Detective Masuto investigates a Hollywood kidnapping that leads to a shocking conspiracy Angel is Hollywood royalty. Her husband, Mike Barton, is one of the silver screen's most bankable stars, and their marriage has all the hallmarks of a Beverly Hills fairy tale. But everything about Angel's past is kept secret, including her real name. When reporters ask why Mike dubbed her Angel, she says that she must have fallen from heaven. No one knows where Angel Barton is from, and now no one knows where she has gone. When his wife disappears, Barton readily agrees to a million dollar ransom demanded by her kidnappers, but Zen detective Masao Masuto doesn't buy his performance. As Masuto pries into the strange kidnapping case, he finds that Barton might be much more likely to pay to get rid of his wife than to keep her. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author's estate.
"Like his creator, Masuto has an American maverick streak beneath his surface Zen serenity."
Andrew Macdonald, author of Howard Fast: A Critical Companion
"Fast was a literary phenomenon of a recognizable American kind."
Andrew Macdonald, author of Howard Fast: A Critical Companion
"One of the 20th century's busiest writers . . . [Fast] won popular acclaim for authenticity and detail, creating stories that even his critics admired as page-turners."
