Dancing with the Angel

by Terri Prone

Flannery says of herself, "I could've been called Daughter Of. My father was the most famous, most popular poet of his time. He may have been a professor, but he managed to reach millions of 'ordinary' readers with his poetry. And be popular on TV. And be a Nobel Prizewinner in the talent-spotting Department. And raise an orphan daughter (me) who adored him." When Flannery's father is found dead in suspicious circumstances, it turns her world on its end. Not least because she suspects one of the talents he had spotted and fostered - a young electronics genius - had a hand in his death. Spun free of the moorings of her life by the tragedy, she works as a temp, lives a fast (and funny) life "just this side of slapper-dom", never stops trying to unravel the mystery of her father's death - and falls in love with the living definition of the wrong man.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published May 31, 2002

Reviews

[Sophie Houston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another stunningly good book from Terri/Terry Prone, whose novels have dodgy covers, misleading back cover blurbs and a baffling invisibility (given that she runs a PR company)! Completely engrossing, intelligent, remarkably well-written - I can't understand why she's not on the best-seller lists.

[Water Moon · Rating 1 out of 5]

It’s wordy and odd. The writer seems to get distracted and go off on tangents, which made me want to put the book down. The subjects are unpleasant and rather depressing. Content warning: domestic abuse, child abuse and pedophilia.

[Shirley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Couldn't get into it