{"product_id":"something-more-than-night-9780765375780","title":"Something More Than Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomething More Than Night\u003c\/i\u003e is a Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler-inspired murder mystery set in Thomas Aquinas's vision of Heaven. It's a noir detective story starring fallen angels, the heavenly choir, nightclub stigmatics, a priest with a dirty secret, a femme fatale, and the Voice of God. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSomebody has murdered the angel Gabriel. Worse, the Jericho Trumpet has gone missing, putting Heaven on the brink of a truly cosmic crisis. But the twisty plot that unfolds from the murder investigation leads to something much bigger: a con job one billion years in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause this is no mere murder. A small band of angels has decided to break out of Heaven. They need a human patsy to make their plan work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch of the story is told from the point of view of Bayliss, a cynical fallen angel who has modeled himself on Philip Marlowe. The yarn he spins follows the progression of a Marlowe novel--the mysterious dame who needs his help, getting grilled by the bulls, finding a stiff, getting slipped a mickey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAngels and gunsels, dames with eyes like fire, and a grand maguffin, Ian Tregillis's \u003ci\u003eSomething More Than Night\u003c\/i\u003e is a murder mystery for the cosmos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Tregillis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765375780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Spectrum Awards - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIAN TREGILLIS is the author of a triptych of alternate history series, \u003ci\u003eBitter Seeds, The Coldest War \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNecessary Evil\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he works as a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In addition, he is a member of the George R. R. Martin Wild Cards writing collective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40551743225971,"sku":"9.78077E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_789c88bf-3308-49f1-919e-8283ccda388b.jpg?v=1667397723","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/something-more-than-night-9780765375780","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}