How Like An Angel
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable , ex-library
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
A masterwork of mid-century psychological suspense, How Like An Angel chronicles the journey of Joe Quinn, a down-on-his-luck private investigator who stumbles upon a remote religious cult called the Tower of Heaven while stranded in the California desert. Hired to track down a missing man named Patrick O'Gorman, Quinn uncovers a labyrinthine web of secrets, deception, and buried pasts that grows increasingly sinister the deeper he digs. Margaret Millar constructs her narrative with razor-sharp precision, balancing a brooding, atmospheric tone with moments of dark irony that illuminate the fragility of faith and identity. The novel illustrates Millar's extraordinary gift for character psychology, presenting a cast of deeply flawed, utterly believable individuals whose motivations remain tantalizingly obscured until the shocking final revelation. Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger, this 1962 classic stands as one of the finest examples of literary crime fiction ever written.
Author: Margaret Millar
Format: Hardback
Published: 1962, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: Crime fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable , ex-library
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
A masterwork of mid-century psychological suspense, How Like An Angel chronicles the journey of Joe Quinn, a down-on-his-luck private investigator who stumbles upon a remote religious cult called the Tower of Heaven while stranded in the California desert. Hired to track down a missing man named Patrick O'Gorman, Quinn uncovers a labyrinthine web of secrets, deception, and buried pasts that grows increasingly sinister the deeper he digs. Margaret Millar constructs her narrative with razor-sharp precision, balancing a brooding, atmospheric tone with moments of dark irony that illuminate the fragility of faith and identity. The novel illustrates Millar's extraordinary gift for character psychology, presenting a cast of deeply flawed, utterly believable individuals whose motivations remain tantalizingly obscured until the shocking final revelation. Winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger, this 1962 classic stands as one of the finest examples of literary crime fiction ever written.