Broken Angels [Paperback]

Richard Montanari (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2008

When the first body is found, mutilated and strangled on the riverbanks, Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano suspect yet another case of random urban violence. Then it happens again. And again. Carefully dressed and posed, each victim seems to tell a story so gruesome that Byrne and Balzano struggle at first to make sense of the killer's dark and twisted imagination. But when they stumble upon a collection of old fairy tales, the fragile link between the murders suddenly becomes clear - and with it the terrifying conclusion of the killer's plan. Desperately, they try to anticipate the madman's next move, but as the body count rises, the killing spree spirals out of control ...

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About the Author

Richard Montanari is the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Echo Man, The Devil's Garden, Play Dead, The Rosary Girls, The Skin Gods and Broken Angels, as well as the internationally acclaimed thrillers Kiss of Evil, Don't Look Now (previously published as Deviant Way) and The Violet Hour. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio. To find out more about Richard Montanari visit his website at www.richardmontanari.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Arrow Books (February 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0099499827
• ISBN-13: 978-0099499824
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #709,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Same exact book as "Merciless" by Montanari, January 28, 2012

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Jancal (New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Broken Angels (Paperback)

I belong to a book club, and several years ago I purchased the hardcover edition of "Merciless" by Richard Montanari, and immediately became a huge fan of his, reading all his books in print up til then at the library, and recently ordering others I had missed on Amazon. This terrific story is exactly duplicated in "Broken Angels," and I must say it is unfair when the publishers reissue a book under a different name. making a person purchase a seemingly new Montanari story that is a reissue. Aside from my disappointment, I would recommend either book as one of Montanari's best, a serial killer story about a young man obsessed with the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, tracked by Montanari's favorite police partners Balzano and Byrne. It is an original story and because of the fairy tale narrative, not too creepy as some of his others.

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4.0 out of 5 stars an author that is still good, March 21, 2011

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Darlene J. Ball "an avid reader" (Indpls, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broken Angels (Paperback)

again he has written an excellent book, which I call fast reading...I just hope he doesn't change as so many other male authors have done...have read all of his books and not one disappointment..

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5.0 out of 5 stars Montanari at BEST!, June 10, 2009

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DameDizzy "Liz" (Berkshires) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Broken Angels (Paperback)

Excellent detective work. serial killer of young girls...many suspects...many twists and turns...well worked/researched drama. RE:NICE geography/history connections to Philadelphia landmarks. LOVED it. Couldn't put it down.