num_pages: 242
description: A spellbinding novel of murder, mystery, and the occult, Falling Angel pits a tough New York private eye against the most fearsome adversary a detective ever faced. For Harry Angel, a routine missing-persons case soon turns into a fiendish nightmare of voodoo and black magic, of dizzying peril and violent death. Many people feel that Falling Angel is the greatest American supernatural horror novel of the 20th century.
language: English
title: Falling Angel
titlecomplete: Falling Angel
characters: Louis Cyphre, Epiphany Proudfoot, Harry Angel
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Supernatural, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery Thriller, Detective
ratings_count: 4928
places: New York City, New York
series: Harry Angel
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich