A review by taimoirai
Angel of Darkness by Charles de Lint

4.0

"Chad Baker was a rock star once, a real '60s hitmaker. Now he serves as benevolent angel of the Ottawa music scene, helping new bands make demos--and sometimes, secretly, helping a young beauty into his second, hidden recording studio. This is where Baker, a serial killer, records his victims' dying screams. When he combines the agonized vocalizations, he creates a hellish new music. Music that summons a different sort of angel--an unearthly and brutally vengeful Angel of Darkness." (From Amazon.com)

The most beautiful of de Lint's Samuel M. Key novels, Angel of Darkness is a decadent horror novel. You find yourself both amazed and appauled by the twists of the plot in the aftermath of Chad Baker's creation.