Reviews for Whistler's Angel

The average rating for Whistler's Angel based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-03-19 00:00:00 Andrew Gray W Rating : B Maxim is good. Read him fools. Whistler's Angel is a great novel. One must read the Bannerman series before reading this one. Well, you don't have to, but if you want to catch the "jokes" and understand the other characters that are brought in you might consider. But, hey, do whatever you want. I have already read it. Maxim this time brings up another spy-type character that has "gotten out" of the darker side of the game. Adam Whistler is a 34 year old with military background, and has a father who is involved with the "keeping the game honest" branch of society. Ish. The father is actually one of the more interesting characters for the entire story just due to his understated development. Anyways, the background of the plot revolves around Adam taking a piece of evidence to protect himself from issues in the future stemming from some powerful government employees. The "angel" part of the title is in the form of Whistler's love interest who had an accident due to this piece of evidence. Her character is pretty neat and you really don't get a whole lot of the mystical side of this. It exist but it isn't as much as I would have liked but you have be careful not to stain the boundaries of the genre people are used to. Maxim pushes slightly but doesn't break. I would have been fine with more, but that is my style of reading. The story is good and fast paced. The characters are good and defined enough knowing that they will be used in the future if only slightly. The Bannerman aspects are great. Read Bannerman then read this. Whistler's Angel is easily a good story to read. I have little time to continue to write, so I am cutting this quite short. Read Maxim.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-02-22 00:00:00 Mary Gregor I thoroughly enjoyed this book which came as a complete surprise. The author has been a resident of Hilton Head Island and one of the characters in the book is a real live resident and friend that gave me a copy to read. Local author, a friends recommendation..........generally the ingredients of a long dull trudge through a book to please others. But to my surprise there was never a dull moment in this clever mystery which takes place on and in streets and stores and restaurants that are my everyday turf. That along with finding out that the author's works have nade regular visits to the New York Times bestseller lists added credibilty. Simply an above average mystery that was superior to much of the current mystery genre that I have been reading.