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Hollywood Noir
First edition cover
AuthorJeff Mariotte
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAngel novels
GenreHorror novel
PublisherPocket Books
Publication date
January 1, 2001.
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages304
ISBN0-7434-0697-4
OCLC45955749
Preceded byShakedown 
Followed byAvatar 

Hollywood Noir is an original novel based on the U.S. television series Angel.

Plot summary

A decayed corpse at a Hollywood construction site appears to be a harbinger of more supernatural evil. Meanwhile, Doyle has a vision which leads him to a strange address. He, Angel and Cordelia start tracking a cigarette girl, Betty McCoy. Mike Slade, a new P.I. in town, is also tracking this girl. He dresses and acts behind the times, yet his agenda is modern, and he opposes local officials. Angel and his team soon find their research leads them to Slade. They must piece together a story involving the cigarette girl, a water commissioner, and a host of disappearing demons.

Continuity

Canonical issues

Main article: Buffyverse canon

Angel books such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy/Angel merchandise.

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