Death Angel

By: Linda Howard

Narrated by: Joyce Bean

Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

After she double-crosses her lover, a ruthless crime lord, Drea must flee from a relentless assassin who ultimately succeeds in killing her. But after a very brief death, Drea returns to life a changed woman: no longer selfish and cruel, determined to bring down the ones who marked her for death. Joining forces with the FBI, little does she suspect that the man she will come to love is the same assassin who took her life.

©2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc.; 2008 Linda Howard

Awesome book and awesome narrator..

Any additional comments?

Love, love, loved this book. Absolutely LOVED Simon and Andrea/Drea/Andi. And, oh my gosh, Rafael got just what was coming to him. Action, adventure, love, sex, it had it all. I hated to see it end.
The narrator did one terrific job. I would definitely want to listen to her again.

GREAT STORY!

This is one of my favorite Linda Howard books. Story keeps you interested all the way through
Great narration

Entertaining, on-the-run suspense.

I didn’t want to put it down.

This has romance, but it’s mostly suspense, adventure and escape. There is a secondary idea of good works earning a place in heaven.

STORY BRIEF:
Drea is smart but has been pretending to be dumb so Rafael would keep her as his girlfriend. Rafael is a drug lord. Rafael wants to hire Simon, a hitman. As part of his fee, Simon asks to have one afternoon of sex with Drea. Rafael says ok. Drea is so mad at Rafael for giving her to Simon that she decides to leave Rafael. She steals money from him as she leaves. Rafael hires Simon to find her and kill her.

REVIEWER OPINION:
I enjoyed seeing how smart Drea and Simon were. Drea was on the run and doing it well. Simon was second guessing her and doing it successfully. The ending was very feel good.

I read the hardback several years ago and recently listened to the audiobook. The following bothered me the first time I read it, but it didn’t bother me the second time.

Here’s what I wrote the first time: I didn’t like Drea’s stupidity in stealing money from Rafael. If she hadn’t stolen from him, they might have had a normal lovers’ break-up and her life wouldn’t be in danger. Because she took the money, he wanted her dead.

The second time I read this, I did NOT feel heroine stupidity. It was logical and motivations fit. Characters with a little bit of wackiness make good stories. So I was fine with it.

The first time I read it I said wanted more relationship development and interaction between Drea and Simon. But the second time I read it I didn’t miss that. I think that as time goes on my reading tastes are moving more toward good stories rather than preferring heavy emphasis on romance.

AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR:
Joyce Bean did a fine job.

Narrative mode: 3rd person.
Genre: romantic suspense.

Fantastic!!

This book was an EXCELLENT read! You won’t be disappointed! Linda Howard is a great author!! Unique storyline grabs you and holds you!!

End storyline

The book had a bizarre twist that involved special powers. I understand that it needed a big enough punch for the twist to change the characters. I would have preferred her just call it a miracle and leave the readers to imagine it on their own. Of all the Linda Howard books I’ve read, this was my least favorite. It was still a good read, but just bizarre at the end.

A good listen

I really like both this author and this narrator. The book is not my favorite of Linda Howard's, however I really enjoyed it. The emotional punch was strong and it did a great job of creating characters I wanted to know.

One of my favorite LH books!

I've lost count of the number of times that I have listened to this book. It's an intriguing subject matter. Kudos to Linda Howard and Joyce Bean!

This is my favorite book ever.

What did you love best about Death Angel?

The car crash and rehab.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Death Angel?

When she met her son.

What aspect of Joyce Bean’s performance would you have changed?

Nothing. She did a great job.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Second chances are made in Heaven.

Any additional comments?

I always like a male reader for the male character and a female reader for the female character.

Average but entertaining

the beginning was good, the middle was weird, the ending was satisfying. overall this story was not what i expected from a Linda Howard novel but I was entertained and that's all I a can ask for.

story - 2.75
narrator - 3

Great book

Linda Howard is one of my favorite authors and her books never fail to disappoint. Death Angel is one of those books you come back to time and time again to hear about Andy and Simons journey, and I’m sure I’ll listen to it again in the future. Great book to listen to, great narrator, great author.