The Black Angel

by Cornell Woolrich

Overview

This hypnotic thriller by the father of noir exposes its heroine to a waking nightmare.

 

A panic-stricken young wife races against time to prove that her convicted husband did not murder his mistress. Writing in first person from her viewpoint, Woolrich makes us feel her love and anguish and desperation, as she becomes an avenging angel to rescue her husband from execution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781639360871
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	11/15/2021
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

From the 1930s until his death in 1968, Cornell Woolrich riveted the reading public with his mystery, suspense, and horror stories. Classic films like Hitchcock's Rear Window and Trauffaut's The Bride Wore Black and novels like Night has a Thousand Eyes and The Black Angel earned Woolrich epithets like "the twentieth century's Edgar Allen Poe" and "the father of noir."

What People are Saying About This

James Ellroy

You can palpably feel the agony in Woolrich and his work.

Editorial Reviews

Woolrich devised and used instruments of psychological torture--his stories.

Along with Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich practically invented the genre of noir.

Nothing beats a tale of fatalistic dread by the supreme master of suspense, Cornell Woolrich, whose novels and short stories define the essence of noir nihilism.--Marilyn Stasio

Woolrich was a master of the form.--Tom Nolan

You can palpably feel the agony in Woolrich and his work.--James Ellroy

From the Publisher

Along with Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich practically invented the genre of noir.

Newsday

Woolrich was a master of the form.

Tom Nolan - Wall Street Journal

You can palpably feel the agony in Woolrich and his work.

James Ellroy

Woolrich devised and used instruments of psychological torture—his stories.

Time

Nothing beats a tale of fatalistic dread by the supreme master of suspense, Cornell Woolrich, whose novels and short stories define the essence of noir nihilism.

Marilyn Stasio - New York Times Book Review

Woolrich devised and used instruments of psychological torture—his stories.

Time

Nothing beats a tale of fatalistic dread by the supreme master of suspense, Cornell Woolrich, whose novels and short stories define the essence of noir nihilism.— Marilyn Stasio

New York Times Book Review

Woolrich was a master of the form.— Tom Nolan

Wall Street Journal

Determined to confront her husband’s mistress, Alberta Murray arrives at the woman’s apartment only to find her murdered. Alberta’s husband is accused of the crime and sentenced to die. Convinced of his innocence, Alberta must track down the real killer. Hillary Huber captures the author’s portrayal of Alberta as a weary, downtrodden yet determined woman. Huber’s narration heightens the listener’s interest and sympathy for the character and her plight. Huber colorfully depicts the denizens of late 1930s New York City from the Bowery to sleazy nightclubs to the Upper East Side as Alberta pursues the killer. This is classic noir fiction from the author of REAR WINDOW, and Huber’s compelling reading places the listener solidly in time and place. F.T. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

OCTOBER 2012 - AudioFile