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Title: Whistler's Angel by John R. Maxim, Dick Hill ISBN: 1-58788-217-5 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: March, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 8 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Maxim Is A Masterful Writer
Comment: What's the best part of reading a John R. Maxim novel -- is it the engaging plots or the fully animated, totally alive characters? I hope you're not looking for an answer here, because I can argue forcefully for either answer. I have read and re-read all of Maxim's books, and just can't get enough!
Whistler's Angel is the sort of book that keeps you up at night. You promise yourself that you'll go to bed at the end of the current chapter, and an hour later you're still furiously turning pages. His characters are so fully realized that you feel that you now them as friends by the end of the book. Maxim also does something that few authors try...he cross-populates his books. Whistler's Angel is a stand-alone, non-series book (at least so far), and yet characters from his popular Bannerman series appear in the plot. [To return the favor, Whistler's Angel characters appear in the new Bannerman book, along with other Maxim characters. Even one of the main Bannerman characters first appeared in Time Out Of Mind.]
You'll find good descriptions of the plot of this book elsewhere on this page, so I'll spare you my own synopsis. Suffice it to say that this is a great book that guarantees the reader many hours of pleasurable reading. The plot has more than enough twists and turns to satisfy even the most demanding reader. Also well featured is Maxim's trick of showing you a piece of the plot, and then bringing it back later so you can see it from a different angle, and get a new and deeper meaning from it.
When you're done with this book, you'll also want to try Shadowbox, Haven, and all of the Bannerman books. Becoming a Maxim fanatic is well worth the effort!
Rating: 4
Summary: My first Maxim won't be my last
Comment: I picked up a copy Whistler's Angel in an airport bookstore when faced with an unexpected flight delay. I had not read any of Maxim's other works and did not know exactly what to expect. This first exposure will have me going back for more. Maxin spins an intriguing story, effectively bouncing back between the present and the past while building to an exciting climax. The book follows Adam Whistler, an ex-special forces soldier and government assassin who is fighting the realities of his past and the corruption of his superiors, and Claudia (who believes she has been tasked with being Adam's guardian angel following her own brush with death) as they come to grips with events that have brought them together. Whistler's Angel is packed with action, suspense, plot twists and good character development. I suspect, however, that the book would have been better is I was more familiar with some of the characters that clearly had been part of Maxim's previous works. I suppose it is time to go back to the early Maxim, starting with the Bannerman series.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not quite Bannerman
Comment: I found Whistler's Angel enjoyable rather than outstanding. I loved some of John Maxim's other books, but would rate this one as OK in paperback, but I'm glad I didn't buy it in hardback. If it was a movie, I'd call it a rental rather than a movie to see in the theatre...Still, it's not a bad way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon and I'd read it again.
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Title: Bannerman's Ghosts by John R. Maxim ISBN: 006000584X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bannerman's Promise by John R. Maxim ISBN: 0380730111 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Bannerman's Law by John R. Maxim ISBN: 0380730103 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Shadow Box by John R. Maxim ISBN: 0380786680 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Time Out of Mind by John R. Maxim ISBN: 0380730065 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 06 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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