Worse Angels, Laird Barron
Worse Angels, Laird Barron
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Worse Angels

Author: Laird Barron

Narrator: William DeMeritt

Unabridged: 9 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/26/2020


Synopsis

Ex-mob enforcer-turned-private investigator Isaiah Coleridge pits himself against a rich and powerful foe when he digs into a possible murder and a sketchy real-estate deal worth billions.

Ex-majordomo and bodyguard to an industrial tycoon-cum-U.S. senator, Badja Adeyemi is in hiding and shortly on his way to either a jail cell or a grave, depending on who finds him first. In his final days as a free man, he hires Isaiah Coleridge to tie up a loose end: the suspicious death of his nephew four years earlier. At the time police declared it an accident, and Adeyemi isn't sure it wasn't, but one final look may bring his sister peace.

So it is that Coleridge and his investigative partner, Lionel Robard, find themselves in the upper reaches of New York State, in a tiny town that is home to outsized secrets and an unnerving cabal of locals who are protecting them. At the epicenter of it all is the site of a stalled supercollider project, an immense subterranean construction that may have an even deeper, more insidious purpose. . . .

About The Author

Laird Barron was born in Alaska, where he raised huskies and worked in the construction and fishing industries for much of his youth. He is the author of several short-story collections and three novels, and his work has also appeared in many magazines and anthologies. A multiple Locus, World Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Award nominee, he is also a three-time winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Barron lives in Kingston, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Philip on May 26, 2020

ANGELS is an frenetic, bruising, mind-tilting ride through bonkersville and man it's a blast. Can't give anything away, but I'd strongly advise reading the first two novels in the Coleridge series then grabbing ANGELS on release day and settling in for the show. I really don't want to spoil anything......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielle on March 16, 2022

Isaiah Coleridge’s third investigation since he relocated to the Hudson Valley cranks the darkness factor a solid notch, and had me reading way past my bedtime. It also had me chuckling: this investigation takes Isaiah to Western New York, and I never thought I’d read a references to “white hots” is......more

Goodreads review by David on August 07, 2020

When Laird Barron first announced Blood Standard as his first straight crime novel I had a friend who is just a horror reader complain to me that he was not happy about it. He argued that Barron had a talent for unsettling cosmic dread and that should be what he is writing. I laughed at the notion t......more

Goodreads review by David on July 15, 2022

Laird Barron got his start with Lovecraft-inspired horror, so while the Isaiah Coleridge series is a hard-boiled noir detective series, you can see Barron's roots manifesting frequently in Coleridge's grimdark existentialist observations, and the way the story constantly flirts with the supernatural......more

Goodreads review by Scott on August 06, 2020

Isaiah Coleridge, the former Mafia fixer-turned-private-eye, returns in “Worse Angels”, Laird Barron’s third novel to feature the likable new action hero that is as bad-ass as Lee Child’s Jack Reacher and as lovable as Robert B. Parker’s Spenser. Barron, perhaps best known for his weird cosmic horror......more


Quotes

"Intricate and deftly written."--BookPage

"The writing is as fresh as always...Fast-paced, atmospheric, and dark enough to satisfy fans of Barron’s previous work in horror, Worse Angels is a crime thriller with a heart full of black magic; a meaty novel full of creepy moments in which the threat of violence is constant."--Criminal Element

“Great plot, but the true treasure is Barron's astoundingly wonderful and distinctive prose style. His descriptions and dialogue are sublime and, overall, he's a beautiful, witty writer whose allusions to or forays into philosophy, archaeology, science and history are enough to make the reader smile with delight.”--The Day