Solitary Man (Angel novel)

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name = Solitary Man
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image_caption = First edition cover
author = Jeff Mariotte
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country = United States
language = English
series = Angel novels
genre = Horror novel
publisher = Pocket Books
release_date = December 1, 2003
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 304 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-7434-7796-0
preceded_by = Dark Mirror (Angel novel)
followed_by = Love and Death (Angel novel)

Solitary Man is an original novel based on the U.S. television series "Angel".

Plot summary

The widow Mildred Finster has been a fan of "cozy" mystery novels for years. At the age of seventy-one she decides she would like to become a real private detective. She finds a business card for Angel Investigations and likes the name.

Team Angel is busy with its own personal problems, and has little time to deal with Mildred offering her services. Later a truckload of valuable antiquities is stolen and they assume a simple theft. The arrival of ruthless killers from afar soon gets the attention of the gang.

They must cope with being followed everywhere by a well-meaning old lady, fight off poltergeists, and try to set aside their personal differences (at least temporarily) so they can overcome the supernatural foe which is responsible for a centuries-old mystery.

Trivia

*Tagline:'Angel Investigations is about to get help from unlikely sources.'
*Characters include: Angel, Cordelia, Wesley, Gunn, Fred, and Lorne.

Continuity

*Supposed to be set in Angel Season 4.

Canonical issues

:main|Buffyverse canon

:"Buffy"/"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 to be 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.

Timing

*Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

External links

Reviews

* [http://litefoot1969.bravepages.com/sf/angel/novels/20.htm "Litefoot1969.bravepages.com" - Review of this book by Litefoot]