Face of Danger
Roxanne St. ClaireRomantic suspense
Available from Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-446-56657-5
April 2011
| Two actresses who win Oscars have been murdered in consecutive years. Viviana Angelino is always looking for a way to grow their business. Since she looks like one of the actresses who may win this year she works for and gets a job standing in for her. When her look alike actually wins the coveted prize Vivi gets a surprise. The temperamental actress throws in a challenge of a different sort. Now they both seem to be in danger from someone who has money and manpower to take them out.
Roxanne St. Claire continues this series with another suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat. This time special agent Colton Lang has some secrets unveiled. The usually stoic agent has had a secret crush on Vivi, one that she has shared and kept hidden behind an excellent facade. As the two tread on new ground they both have tried to avoid, the characters around them manage to build a life and death scenario. Vivi and family go from protecting a spoiled actress to trying to unravel a case of smuggled immigrants, most of whom are children forced into prostitution. There's never a dull moment in St. Claire's novels. She challenges us to comprehend severe agoraphobia amidst the other complications that keep us guessing. Each character has an important part to play in building the suspense. And every one of them adds an ingredient to make the mystery harder to unravel for a reader. What fun these books are for an avid suspense fan. Can't wait for the next one to come out. Once this book gets its claws into the reader it doesn't let go!
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Reviewer: Dee Dailey |
