cover image Sins of the Angels

Sins of the Angels

Linda Poitevin. Ace, $7.99 mass market (336p) ISBN 978-0-441-02091-1

Urban fantasy is uneasily married to a serial killer thriller in Poitevin’s graphic debut. Alex Jarvis is a homicide detective whose psychotic mother murdered Alex’s father when Alex was nine years old. The victims of a serial killer straight out of a slasher film are sickeningly familiar to Alex. But the killer is no mere mortal: he’s Caim, a fallen angel escaped from Limbo, and he’s after Alex’s soul. The only one who can stop him is Aramael, his brother. Tormented by his task, Aramael is completely unprepared for the sudden, impossible, mutual attraction he shares with Alex, who thinks she’s going insane whenever she sees flashes of Aramael’s wings. Poitevin’s addition to the recent fallen angel urban fantasy trend will appeal to readers who enjoy horror and crime stories, but it is not for the squeamish. (Oct.)