The Avenging Angel: A Gabe Wager Mystery - Hardcover

Burns, Rex

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670143170 ISBN 13: 9780670143177

Publisher: Viking Adult, 1983

Synopsis

Homicide Detective Gabe Wager is faced with a murder that leads him from Denver to southwest Colorado and into the tangled and secretive relationships of polygamist cults. This novel was the basis of the Charles Bronson movie, "Messenger of Death."

About this title

From the Author:

"The Avenging Angel" formed the basis for the Charles Bronson film, "Messenger of Death."

From the Back Cover:

"Burns's 'The Avenging Angel' is a very good suspense novel. The prose is spare, economical, and effective. The police work is believable. I enjoyed it."
--John D. MacDonald

"I have admired Rex Burns since I read 'The Alvarez Journal.' And my admiration is in no way dimmed by 'The Avenging Angel.' It is a dark and lovely story, cleanly told, gripping and full of resonance."
--Robert Parker

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0670143170
• ISBN 13: 9780670143177
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226