Picture of Guilt [Paperback]

Helen Haddad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2001

Winner-Best "Single Title" Award, Orange Rose Contest!

Winner-Sime~Gen Reviewers Choice Award-Favorite Mystery!

Winner-Sime~Gen Reviewers Choice Award-Favorite Mystery Author!

Finalist-Best Romantic Suspense, Golden Quill Awards 2002!

What can you believe when your heart tells you not to believe your eyes? Freelance forensic artist Maureen Lowe must answer that question when she does two things no forensic artist should do: she draws a face different than the one a witness describes to her, and she falls in love with a murder suspect.

When circumstances lead Maureen to believe her talent is being used to frame financier Brody Parrish, they enter into an edgy partnership to prove his innocence. But while the attraction between them proves irresistible, Brody has secrets he's determined to keep, even from her.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"4 1/2 Daggers!...An engrossing romantic suspenseful four-star mystery..." -- Evelyn Gale, All About Murder Reviews

"5 Roses!...This book is truly a winner." -- Deborah Baker, Escape to Romance Reviews

"5 Stars! Helen Haddad has set her star high..." -- Cathy Gladstone, Sime~Gen Reviews --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Romance Foretold Inc (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586978470
• ISBN-13: 978-1586978471
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,444,195 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where has this lady been????, January 19, 2003

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Mt. woman "Dee" (brea, ca. United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Picture Of Guilt (Paperback)

This lady does not insult the readers intelligence! Her characters have depth and substance, her plot is complex enough to befuddle ones best attempts to out think her. In other words a fun ride, a great read and when is her next book out????

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interested and captivated:, May 11, 2003

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Hope Waldron Samuels (Scottsdale, Az USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Picture Of Guilt (Paperback)

This book held my attention from beginning to end. I found the story line woven with a lot of contrasts both dark and light. Ms. Haddads ability to turn a phrase and get my attention was amazing. I am truly looking forward to her next endeavor...........if it is half as good as "Picture of Guilt" she will have another hit on her hands..........with anticipation I am, Hope Waldron Samuels (Nom de Plume) of Scottsdale, Arizona

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'd Like More!, February 17, 2003

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EILEEN JONES (Placentia, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Picture Of Guilt (Paperback)

OK, ladies, we all know "Romance Fiction" contributes bodice-ripping escapism to the murky lives of the barely literate and easily bored. Much of it is cranked out in precise, formulized and predictable cliches. It's long on sweat and short on substance and structure. Others certainly admit to reading it; we don't! When "Mystery" is added to the recipe, we ask why the hell the heroine goes back for more...abuse?. . .submission? Essentially, that is the only "mystery."

Not so in Helen Haddad's debut effort, "Picture of Guilt," which presents a subtle element often absent in this genre: PLOT! She gives us a well-crafted and cohesive whodunit set in Granite Run, a rural suburb of Pittsburg. Attention to detail and plenty of indirect (but deceptive) clues entice readers to stay with her on a convoluted path of treachery and greed. Off-beat characters, plenty of red herrings, and gore galore are interspersed with lovely descriptive passages. Great dialog between the principles includes several laugh-out-loud gems.

Perhaps there's potential for a television series under the Jerry Bruckheimer umbrella, as la "CSI." It could be called "Forensic Art Granite Run." Or not.

It's all good, unpredictable stuff, lots of fun. To echo the heroine's enticing post-coital request, "May I please have some more?"