Lost Angel

by Marilyn Wallace

Working as a companion to a handicapped woman, single mother Valerie Vincent is plunged into a nightmare when her babysitter is murdered and her daughter is taken from police custody by a woman claiming to be Valerie

306 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Marilyn Weiss Wallace's first novel, A Case of Loyalties, won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel in 1986. Her second, Primary Target, was nominated for an Anthony Award. She is also the editor of the Sisters in Crime anthologies, which have won Anthony, Macavity, and American Mystery Awards. Current Danger is her seventh novel. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Kurt Goris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spannend boek om lezen, waarbij de plot toch nog heel verrassend is. Het einde is wel heel amerikaans met tal van politiecombi's die samenkomen om de "boeven" op te pakken. Goed boek om in het Frans te lezen.

[Stevie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Got at fills bag book sale , and it turned out to be in my book challenge as my favorite book in Feb! Nice plot ! And kept the reader interested !

[Wendy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Valerie Vincent is a single-mother, doing the best she can. While working in Long Island as a companion to a wealthy blind woman who's confined to a wheelchair, Valerie sees her 18-month-old daughter's face on the news. The police, referring to the child as "Baby Jane Doe," found the child at the home of the babysitter, a close family-friend of Valerie, who was brutally murdered. When Valerie arrives at the police station to claim her child, she learns that her daughter was released to another woman who claimed to be the child's mother. The search is on. Valerie suspects that her ex-in-laws, Martha and Lucas Starr, may have something to do with her daughter's kidnapping. The Starrs are wacko - members of an organization called D.A.S.H. (Deliverance And Safe Haven). They think Valerie is some kind of devil-worshiper. The mission of D.A.S.H. is to "rescue" children who are being subject to abuse and satanic rituals by adults. Valerie sets out to risk her life for her child and infiltrates the group known as D.A.S.H. to find her daughter. Only the truth is more shocking than she had imagined.

While the premise of this book was good, the writing style left me frustrated and impatient. It took a lot of patience for me to recall what I'd read if I went too fast. The vocabulary and sentence structure just didn't flow smoothly enough for me. Other than that, not a bad story.

[Michelle]

satanic cults and lost kids, don?t remember