The Nice Guys: The Official Movie Novelization

by Charles Ardai

Overview

Holland March is a private eye with a defective nose and a broken arm. Jackson Healy is the tough guy who put him in a cast. Not the two most likely men to team up to hunt for a missing girl, or look into the suspicious death of a beautiful porn star, or go up against a conspiracy of the rich and powerful that stretches from Detroit to D.C. Hell, they’re not the most likely pair to team up to do anything. But there you go. And if they somehow survive this case, they might just find they like each other.

But let’s be honest. They probably won’t survive it.

Copyright © 2016 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
THE NICE GUYS and all related characters and elements © Silver Pictures Entertainment.
WB SHIELD: ™ & © WBEI. (s16)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785652578
Publisher:	Titan
Publication date:	05/10/2016
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Charles Ardai is the founder and editor of Hard Case Crime and the Edgar Award-winning author of the acclaimed novels Little Girl Lost and Songs of Innocence.

Editorial Reviews

06/13/2016
Ardai (Fifty-to-One) does a creditable job of transforming the screenplay of the movie starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling into straight prose in this offbeat crime caper set in the 1970s. Down-and-out L.A. PI Holland March receives a real head-scratcher of a mystery from an elderly client, Lily Glenn. The client's niece, a notorious porn actress known as Misty Mountains, perished in a car accident in Coldwater Canyon a few days earlier, but Mrs. Glenn claims to have seen her since, in a speeding car. When March follows up a lead concerning Amelia Kuttner, the owner of the car that Mrs. Glenn saw, he crosses paths with tough guy Jackson Healy, who likes to solve problems with his fists. March and Healy join forces after some men searching for Amelia, who's gone missing, attack Healy. The stakes rise after the pair stumble on a corpse and learn that Misty's death may have wider implications. Carl Hiaasen fans will enjoy the zany humor. (May)

Publishers Weekly

Ardai is a poet of the noir. His prose is slick like butter you want to roll around in during an orgy. His words spin and guide even the shadiest souls. Ardai made this story his own. In a world of lazy, thoughtless novelizations, The Nice Guys will stand out as one that truly cared.” - Lit Reactor

"Carl Hiaasen fans will enjoy the zany humor." - Publisher's Weekly

"If you have seen the movie before and want a different way to enjoy it, I would recommend picking up a copy.  And if you haven't, the book works on its own, like one of those fun, pulp, crime paperbacks found at drug stores or airports." - Cinema Sentries

“Fun, energetic, and full of likable characters” - Atomic Moo

"The Nice Guys is a crime-comedy caper well worth a read." - VGBlogger

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