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Angels Fall
by Nora Roberts
by Nora Roberts
Jane Stewart's review
bookshelves: romantic-mystery, 4-plus-star-romance
Sep 04, 10
bookshelves: romantic-mystery, 4-plus-star-romance
Read in June, 2008
4.5 stars. Good story. Very enjoyable.
This is my third Nora Robert's book. The first two I read were written in 1995 and 1998 and I didn't like them much. Because this is more recent, 2006, I'm wondering if her later work is better than her earlier work. I may try another of her more recent novels. This book ”Angels Fall” is about a talented woman chef who has been terribly wounded by surviving a gunshot massacre. She moves away, is in the process of healing and witnesses another murder. It’s a good murder mystery. The story also has an interesting romance developing between the chef and a writer who helps her. I enjoyed reading about these two characters. I also enjoyed a supporting character, Joanie, owner of the diner. There were some good lines. I'm extracting parts of three of them here briefly, but they are better within the context of the story. Page 211, after he said her eyes looked tired, she thought "He would always be brutally honest with her. Tough as it might be on the ego, it was better than platitudes and soft lies." Page 266 "a man puts his hands around a woman's throat once, he could do it again." Page 279 "what selfishness you have seems awfully healthy from where I stand."
DATA:
Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: four. Setting: current day Wyoming. Copyright: 2006. Genre: romantic mystery.
OTHER BOOKS:
To date I’ve read the following Nora Roberts books.
4.5 stars. Angels Fall. Copyrt 2006. Review Date 6-30-08.
4 stars. Northern Lights. Copyrt 2004. Review Date 8-11-09.
3 stars. Spellbound. Copyrt 1998. Review Date 1-22-07.
3 stars. Midnight Bayou. Copyrt 2001. Review Date 10-30-09.
Born In series:
5 stars. Born in Fire. Copyrt 1994. Review Date 7-04-08.
2 stars. Born in Ice. Copyrt 1995. Review Date 6-30-08.
3.5 stars. Born in Shame. Copyrt 1996. Review Date 7-04-08.
Chesapeake Bay series:
4 stars. Sea Swept. Copyrt 1998. Review Date 11-3-09.
3 stars. Rising Tides. Copyrt 1998. Review Date 11-12-09.
3 stars. Inner Harbor. Copyrt 1999. Review Date 11-12-09.
2.5 stars. Chesapeake Blue. Copyrt 2002. Review Date 11-12-09.
Mystery written by J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts):
2 stars. Naked in Death. Copyrt 1995. Review Date 7-05-08.
This is my third Nora Robert's book. The first two I read were written in 1995 and 1998 and I didn't like them much. Because this is more recent, 2006, I'm wondering if her later work is better than her earlier work. I may try another of her more recent novels. This book ”Angels Fall” is about a talented woman chef who has been terribly wounded by surviving a gunshot massacre. She moves away, is in the process of healing and witnesses another murder. It’s a good murder mystery. The story also has an interesting romance developing between the chef and a writer who helps her. I enjoyed reading about these two characters. I also enjoyed a supporting character, Joanie, owner of the diner. There were some good lines. I'm extracting parts of three of them here briefly, but they are better within the context of the story. Page 211, after he said her eyes looked tired, she thought "He would always be brutally honest with her. Tough as it might be on the ego, it was better than platitudes and soft lies." Page 266 "a man puts his hands around a woman's throat once, he could do it again." Page 279 "what selfishness you have seems awfully healthy from where I stand."
DATA:
Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: four. Setting: current day Wyoming. Copyright: 2006. Genre: romantic mystery.
OTHER BOOKS:
To date I’ve read the following Nora Roberts books.
4.5 stars. Angels Fall. Copyrt 2006. Review Date 6-30-08.
4 stars. Northern Lights. Copyrt 2004. Review Date 8-11-09.
3 stars. Spellbound. Copyrt 1998. Review Date 1-22-07.
3 stars. Midnight Bayou. Copyrt 2001. Review Date 10-30-09.
Born In series:
5 stars. Born in Fire. Copyrt 1994. Review Date 7-04-08.
2 stars. Born in Ice. Copyrt 1995. Review Date 6-30-08.
3.5 stars. Born in Shame. Copyrt 1996. Review Date 7-04-08.
Chesapeake Bay series:
4 stars. Sea Swept. Copyrt 1998. Review Date 11-3-09.
3 stars. Rising Tides. Copyrt 1998. Review Date 11-12-09.
3 stars. Inner Harbor. Copyrt 1999. Review Date 11-12-09.
2.5 stars. Chesapeake Blue. Copyrt 2002. Review Date 11-12-09.
Mystery written by J.D. Robb (aka Nora Roberts):
2 stars. Naked in Death. Copyrt 1995. Review Date 7-05-08.
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