Tangled Web UK Review April 2007
Broken Angels by
Richard Montanari
pbk out February 08
(Arrow)
at £6.99
Broken Angels is a novel guaranteed to have your knuckles turn white. With Byrne and
Balzano, Richard Montanari has created two characters who make the reader live with them
through ever tortured step of their investigation until, at last and breathless, they uncover the
truth and set off to catch the "doer".
When the first body is found, mutilated and strangled on the riverbank, homicide
detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano suspect yet another case of random urban
violence. Until it happens again. And again. One by one, women are lured to the old
Schuylkill River, their violent and increasingly staged deaths the only clues to the killer's
twisted imagination. All are wearing oddly old-fashioned dresses, holding a prop of some
kind. And each one seems to have a story to tell, speaking of nightmares that are not just the
stuff of fairy tales ...Desperately, Byrne and Balzano try to uncover the fragile link between
the murders, until they realise they are up against two different kinds of evil. A ruthless killer
is preying upon the citizens of Philadelphia. And someone else is killing the suspects.
With Broken Angels, Montanari's third outing for Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano, the
author looks set to take the lists by storm once more, as his ability to captivate through his
description and dialogue sets him apart. The sound of the rivers rushing and the wind blowing
echo in the ears long after the book has been completed, whilst the emotions of the characters
are at once uplifting and downright terrifying, depending on which one you care to mention.
Overall reading Richard Montanari is a bit like being thrown in the air as a child. You
know full well its dangerous, but you can't help but scream "again, again …AGAIN".
www.richardmontanari.com
(
Chris High
Chris High - Author Multi-media Promotion Service www.chrishigh.com)
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