Babylon Nights: A David Spandau Novel - Softcover

Depp, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1439101477 ISBN 13: 9781439101476

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2012

Synopsis

Fifteen years ago, Anna Mayhew won an Oscar for Best Actress. Rich, famous, and beautiful, she had the world at her feet. Nearly forty years old, Anna is being offered these days only bland supporting roles, the kind she got her acting started with. So she spends much of her time thinking up clever and dangerous methods of self-destruction. But she may not have to kill herself after all. Anna discovers she has a stalker-Vincent, a crazed fan whose idea of love involves a straight razor and lots of blood. What better way to propel the name Anna Mayhew into film immortality? Enter David Spandau, ex-stuntman and private investigator, who has been hired by Anna's sister Pam to protect the star. But Anna doesn't want help-until she meets Spandau and decides she needs his intimate protection all the way to the Cannes Film Festival, where she's slated to be a judge. Spandau finds himself falling for Anna, as well. But there's the not so small problem of trying to keep a woman alive who'd prefer to be dead. To complicate matters, Vincent has followed Anna to Cannes intent on a bloody consummation of their relationship and he is being tracked by Special, an opera-loving L.A. pimp trying to recover the mob-owned money Vincent stole from him. So a deadly cat-and-mouse game that begins in the meat market of Hollywood culminates at the Roman orgy that is Cannes. Author Depp proves again to have the deadliest and most perceptive eye trained on the entertainment business today. With an enthralling, hair-raising final act, Babylon Nights is a twisted and sharply funny thrill ride that will delight Spandau fans and newcomers alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Daniel Depp was born in Kentucky and read Classics at university there. He has been a journalist, bookseller, and a teacher. There have been several exhibitions of his photographs, and he has also taught scriptwriting. He divides his time between California and France, where he writes and produces screenplays. Loser’s Town is his first novel.

From Booklist:

Private investigator David Spandau (Loser’s Town, 2009) is back with another rollicking romp through Hollywood. When former A-list actress Anna Mayhew, past her prime and contemplating suicide, finds herself plagued by a stalker named Vincent, she reluctantly hires Spandau to protect her. Anna considers just letting Vincent kill her because she can’t get a decent role, but her sister insists that she protect herself. Vincent follows Anna and Spandau to the Cannes Film Festival, where Anna is on a jury judging, among others, a film by ex-lover Andrei Levin. Depp, a screenwriter, has the Hollywood milieu down pat. This novel is full of self-important Beverly Hills matrons, whiney stars, sadistic agents, mobsters who want to break into “the industry,” and jaded characters like Spandau. The fact that he finds himself falling for Anna while trying to deal with his ex-wife just adds to the complicated, fast-paced plot. This is great fun for readers who like a touch of satire mixed with a crime story. --Barbara Bibel

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1439101477
• ISBN 13: 9781439101476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336