

War in Heaven
Author: Charles Williams
Narrator: David Pickering
Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Apocryphile Press
Published: 10/20/2021
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban, Suspense & Thriller, Supernatural
Author: Charles Williams
Narrator: David Pickering
Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Apocryphile Press
Published: 10/20/2021
Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Urban, Suspense & Thriller, Supernatural
Charles Williams (1909–1975) was one of the preeminent authors of American crime fiction. At the end of World War II, Williams began writing fiction while living in San Francisco. The success of his backwoods noir Hill Girl (1951) allowed him to quit his job and write full time. Although originally published by pulp fiction houses, his work won great critical acclaim. Many of his novels were adapted for the screen, such as Dead Calm (published in 1963) and Don’t Just Stand There! (published in 1966), for which Williams wrote the screenplay. Williams died in California in 1975.
synopsis: various Englishmen, an Englishwoman, and a lively Englishboy are embroiled in a murder mystery, a sort of treasure hunt, the nefarious goals of various occultists, and a diverse array of paranormal happenings; unsurprisingly, they barely bother to acknowledge let alone comment on the spiri......more
Charles Williams died in 1945, aged fifty-nine, and I acquired three of his novels recently from a second-hand stall. This is the first one I’ve read. I found myself thinking of the differences between modern writing and the stories of not-too-long ago, remembering reading Dickens as a young teen an......more