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Death Angel: A Novel
by: Linda Howard

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345486547
ISBN: 0345486544
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: July 01, 2008
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: July 01, 2008
Studio: Ballantine Books
Sales Rank: 10198

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
In Linda Howard’s gifted hands, second chances, unexpected romance, and unrelenting action combine into a riveting new novel of suspense. In Death Angel, bad girls can wake up and trust their hearts, bad guys can fight for what’s right . . . and dying just might be the only way to change one’s life.

A striking beauty with a taste for diamonds and dangerous men, Drea Rousseau is more than content to be arm candy for Rafael Salinas, a notorious crime lord who deals with betrayal through quick and treacherous means: a bullet to the back of the head, a blade across the neck, an incendiary device beneath a car. Eager to break with Rafael, Drea makes a fateful decision and a desperate move, stealing a mountain of cash from the malicious killer. After all, an escape needs to be financed.

Though Drea runs, Salinas knows she can’t hide–and he dispatches a cold-blooded assassin in hot pursuit, resulting in a tragic turn of events. Or does it?

Left for dead, Drea miraculously returns to the realm of the living a changed woman. She’s no longer shallow and selfish, no longer steals or cheats or sells herself short. Both humbled and thrilled with this unexpected second chance, Drea embraces her new life. But in order to feel safe and sound–and stop nervously looking over her shoulder–she will need to take down those who marked her for death.

Joining forces with the FBI, supplying vital inside information that only she can provide, Drea finds herself working with the most dangerous man she’s ever known. Yet the closer they get to danger, the more intense their feelings for each other become, and the more Drea realizes that the cost of her new life may be her life itself–as well as her heart.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Best Linda Howard novel ever!
I agree with Elaine (1st review on page) that this is definitely the best Linda Howard novel in history. In fact, I consider it to be up there with some her greatest books like Open Season and Son of the Morning, and in some ways, Death Angel is a little bit better. I hope to see more of this originalty in her works in the future. This particular book won't disappoint. It's got great steamy Linda Howard standard type of love scenes, romance, great strong and shrewd characters, especially the two main characters- Andrea and Simon, original plot with the likes of none seen before, great action and some justice in the end. This is a real page-turner and you literally will not stop until the end. Buy or borrow one today and you'll see what I mean! Caution: Make sure you have food and/or ... Read More

Rating:

- There's someone for everyone
I really enjoyed this book as it was so different than the typical romance stories. Drea and Simon are not good people by any stretch and have led pretty grim, empty and pathetic lives. Drea lives with a huge drug leader and Simon is a hitman. Neither character seem to have had any type of loving relationships in their past and really don't seem to care. They pretty much just live their lives and seem to have no goals at all.

I wish we would have had more insight into Simon, but, he's a very guarded person with almost no emotion what-so-ever. Drea, had a tramatic experience in her teenage years and ends up burying her emotions and almost doesn't notice them as a result. She's very passive, non-confrontational and pretends to be someone she's not to keep her drug leader boyfriend ... Read More

Rating:

- Lacks Character Development
2.5 stars, I think.

I should preface this review with two qualifiers. First, I'm not a diehard Linda Howard fan nor hater. I have no expectations, good or bad, when I see a book by her. I look at the synopsis, if I'm interested I read. If I'm not, I don't.

Second, I like flawed, less-than-perfect characters. Those who inhabit a world of grey rather than black or white and right or wrong. Some are considered anti-heroes. Others are sociopaths. Some are both. On occasion, even outright pure evil can can be appealing. So I had no problem with the protagonists being a killer and a, well, bimbo.

I think I've read a total of six of Howard novels, including this one. Two I've loved. One, I thought was just okay. Two others, I couldn't get into enough to finish. DEATH ... Read More

Rating:

- Surreal, and lost its grip half way through
When I look at Amazon.com reviews, a part of my personal process is to look at the spelling and grammar of the reviewers, to determine if they have the education to understand the material in depth. Usually, if reviewers with good writing abilities have reviewed a book highly, and those with less than optimal abilities review it badly, the book is worth reading.

Not so in this case!

I cannot determine the target audience of this novel. A part of the problem with this book is with the writing. I understand that sometimes thinking processes need to included, and in rare cases, explained in detail. However, not four times! If you removed the repetitive sections of this book, you may cut it down to between one-third to half its original size.

Quite frankly, it feels like ... Read More

Rating:

- Trash
I wish I could give this "no stars". To sum it up, Bimbo Drea lives with Mobster. In payment for a job, Mobster lets Hitman have sex with Bimbo as payment for services. Bimbo enjoys sex with Hitman, but to get back at Mobster for letting Hitman have sex with her, Bimbo drains his bank account and runs. Mobster hires Hitman to find Bimbo.

I have to assume that Bimbo and Hitman meet up, fall in love, and live happily ever, because I couldn't finish reading the book.

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