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	• Brink of Death (Hidden Faces Series #1) Brandilyn Collins Zondervan, 2004 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Brink of greatness...

Thirty-something divorcee Annie Kingston moves out of the Bay Area and to the suburbs of Grove Landing to afford her two children a quieter and safer place to grow up in. And so, moving to her late father's house -- a big-name, albeit hated attorney -- seems like a sound choice. That is until one of her neighbors turns out dead. Lisa Willit wakes up to noise in her husband's office, and gets murdered. Her young daughter is a witness to the crime. Annie had worked in courtrooms in the past and knows a bit about drawing and forensics, so she offers to draw a sketch of the culprit, a man with the most sinister bright-blue eyes the little girl has ever seen. But then Annie realizes that she's seen this man before. Who is he? What does he want? And is the Willit household the one he had intended to break into? The plot thickens when Annie is forced to use her eye for forensic evidence and discover the truth before it's too late.

This is a good enough suspenseful novel. The story is well woven and its conclusion is sound. Annie is a fleshed out heroine who has film-like visions of scenarios as they unfold in her head. However, Brink of Death is far from perfect. The main problem I had with this book is that it isn't a very clever thriller because I was able to figure things out before the heroine and other characters did. Also, the killer's identity is a tad disappointing. Once you've discovered who the killer is and you know where the climax is headed, there's no point reading further, is it? Still, I kept reading... and felt like I'd wasted my time. This is a Christian thriller where the heroine is supposed to discover Jesus by the time the book comes to an end. Even though I don't like overly preachy Christian novels, I don't like said novels that hardly ever mention Christ either, so I felt that this is more like a regular thriller with the Christianity thrown in as an afterthought. It doesn't feel relevant to the story at all. It might as well have been cut off altogether. All in all, Brink of Death could've been a riveting read if it hadn't been for the above flaws. Still, it is good enough of a read if you're in the mood for a film-like thriller. This is the first part of a series. I don't think I'll be checking out the other books though.

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You won't be able to put it down

I love this series. From the very first page I was completely hooked. Highly recommended!

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Love Hidden Faces series

This was a great book. I stumbled upon this author and now have read almost everything she writes. Good christian fiction.

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Terror rocks Grove Landing when a woman is murdered in her home. The victim's young daughter, Erin, witnessed the crime but is too traumatized to give a description. Desperate detectives ask neighbor Annie Kingston, with a background in art, to interview Erin for a composite. But what if Annie's lack of experience in forensic art leads Erin astray? The detectives could end up searching for a face that doesn't exist. Leaving the real killer free to stalk the neighborhood.

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