Angel Face [Paperback]

Suzanne Forster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 8, 2001

A beautiful woman with a history of brutal abuse is under suspicion of being a serial killer. A handsome doctor takes the woman into the jungles of Mexico, where he attempts to make her remember her repressed past, thereby releasing her inner demons. The two have an affair--but is she really a killer and if so, is he in danger?

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Who is Angel Face? A serial killer who has a penchant for doctors, an innocent victim who is being framed by the CIA or a nonentity? The reader will have as much trouble trying to determine the identity of this elusive figure as California surgeon Jordan Carpenter, and Forster's clumsy plotting and purple prose ("They had answered the incessant drumbeat pounding within them") does little to guide the reader through this tangled web. When a mysterious CIA agent knocks on Jordan's door to inform him that he's on Angel Face's death list, Jordan is doubtful that the man's suspect, beautiful Angela Lowe, could be a murderer. Jordan soon learns, however, that Angela has the instincts of a trained killer and a history of abuse that could unhinge any sane person. For reasons never made clear, Jordan hunts Angela down, whisks her off to the Mexican jungle and tries to make her remember long-forgotten incidents from her past. In the process, passion flares between the two. Forster (The Morning After; Sinful) is noted for writing romantic suspense tinged with eroticism, but the masochistic aspect of this relationship will stun even her most stalwart fans. A hasty conclusion leaves many loose ends dangling, and the novel's flat characters will do little to hold the reader's attention.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (August 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425180972
• ISBN-13: 978-0425180976
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,410,740 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been so much more..., August 23, 2001

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"d_chaney" (Lanesborough, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angel Face (Paperback)

I enjoy Suzanne Forster's books but each time I read one, especially like Angel Face, I wish she put a little more into them. Her plot(s) seem to be solid, such as Angel Face's was. Serial killer in doubt; a single gorgeous rich doctor tracks her down in Mexico out of intrigue. OK I could buy the plot, but I just feel as if the writing doesn't get beneath the surface of the plot to make me believe in it. I mean I totally thought Angela Lowe was off her rocker when she had Jordon all tied up and was "torturing" him. I mean you look at that, and some books make you believe that even the impossible can come true, but it seemed too much like a male fantasy and not what a skittish, amnesiac female would do. And what was with the fruit juice??? I just couldn't buy that Jordon could love Angela, maybe lust after her body, but not love her-- she seemed like such a nut case and most people make wide leeway for crazy people, especially hunky single doctors (the saw-bones ones anyway).

I thought Blush had excellent potential but even that did not live up to the expectation that I thought it could have...but then Suzanne is a published author and I am not.

I like Suzanne Forster, I just wish she had more ink on the paper. I hope to read something excellent from her soon and recount my beliefs on her stories.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A plot line only it's mother could love..., August 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Angel Face (Paperback)

I have enjoyed Suzanne Forster's books in the past, so I was thrilled to see this in the store. However, it's convoluted plot was so unbelievable that I had trouble turning the pages. The whole Mexico scenario was absurd. This book has made me place Ms. Forster's future novels on my "checkout from the library" list - rather than buying her products from the store. Save your money!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars FIRST AND LAST..., September 19, 2001

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Retail mama "k_reader" (The City by the Bay, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Angel Face (Paperback)

This is my first and last book by Suzanne Forster. Had heard good things about past books and thought that I would give this one a try.

Bizarre characterizations and an absurdly convuluted plot made this book painful to read. It just kept getting worse!

If I could give zero stars, I would.