City of Devils (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Staci Layne Wilson | knygos.lt

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Los Angeles and Lucifer are a lot alike. They both seduce and lure with promises of wealth, fame, beauty, or love. But those promises are often empty; and even when they're not, there's a wicked price to pay.

Meet the denizens of City of Devils:

• Natasha is an underrated actress who goes to great lengths to win an Oscar in "Based on a true story."
• In "Doom for Rent" a young man takes on a roommate to make ends meet, only to find he's opened the door to pure evil.
• Geneva Hughes is a wealthy celebutant who loves her chihuahua Boo-Boo to death in "Ankle Biters."
• Private dick Max Ryker gets more than he bargained for in "The Case of the Butchered Bombshell."
• Tourist Ethel learns there's no such thing as "Free Admission."
• Child actor Cosmo Colombo finds out what he's made of when The Big One hits L.A. in "Richter Mortis."
• Are the paparazzi soulless? Find out in "Remote Trigger."
• A narcissist devours the weak in "Depraved Indifference."
• The meek fight back against a sleazy film producer in "He Was Asking For It."
• Partygoers in "Abracadaver" practice supernatural sleight-of-hand during a séance at The Magic Castle.
• A psychic shyster gets his comeuppance in "My Mother the Carcass."
• Malibu surfer Bjorn meets a malicious mermaid in "Tasty Waves."
• Lastly, a lonely lady's desperation to be thin and beautiful could cost her her life in "Alice on Wonderland."

"Reader beware, you're in for a scare! A travelogue through sinister L.A., accompanied by a soundtrack of sinful rock and roll, City of Devils will keep you awake all night." - Abigail Gibson, guide: Haunted Hollywood Tours

"City of Devils is a darkened mirror shoved in front of Los Angeles; shiny, grimy, always well-lit, and covered in lipstick-scribbled desires." -Christian Ackerman, editor: My Favorite Horror Movie

"Wilson slices open the black heart of Hollywood, exposing its nastiest demons for our pulse-pounding pleasure." -Lotti Pharriss Knowles, Producer: Chastity Bites, & Goddess: The Showgirls Chronicles

"Atmospheric, suspenseful, and unsettling, but also funny, well-observed satire. City of Devils is dark and smart, and a hell of a lot of fun." -Jordan Essoe, actor: Bedeviled

From the bestselling author of "So L.A. - A Hollywood Memoir"

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