Book description
Fifteen years ago, Oscar-winning actress Anna Mayhew had the world at
her feet. Now she's pushing forty, her younger lover has left her and
the parts are drying up. Seriously depressed, Anna spends much of her
time thinking up clever ways to kill herself. But when she discovers she
has a crazed stalker, Anna decides she might as well let the stalker do
it instead - and create enough headlines to propel her name into film
immortality? What better way for a star to exit the stage?
Enter David Spandau, who's hired by Anna's sister to protect her. But
how do you keep alive a woman who'd prefer to be dead? Despite
himself, Spandau finds himself falling for Anna when he accompanies
her to the Cannes Film Festival. But Vincent the stalker is also in
Cannes, intent on a bloody consummation of their relationship. And
Vincent in turn is followed by Special, an opera-loving LA pimp who's
trying to recover the ,000 of mob-owned money Vincent stole from him.
So begins a deadly cat-and-mouse game. . .
“Depp's David Spandau shoots from the hip and joins
the ranks of such great wise-cracking private eyes as Parker's
Spenser, Crais' Elvis Cole, and Chandler's Philip Marlowe. If you want
proof, check out the exchange on page 29.”
-Otto Penzler, two-time Edgar® winning editor of The Lineup
Daniel Depp was born in Kentucky and read Classics
at university there. He has been a journalist, bookseller, and a
teacher. There have been several exhibitions of his photographs, and
he has also taught scriptwriting. He divides his time between
California and France, where he writes and produces screenplays.
Loser's Town is his first novel.
