Review: Solid Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2012
Ann Bruce's "Deadly Fall" literally begins with a BANG!and doesn't falter.  Heroine Augusta Langan is not your typical romance character.  Her past is richly drawn and humanly flawed.  Her early interactions with hero, Nick Markov were brow-raising at first, but made sense once her past was slowly revealed.  On the other hand, I found Nick to border on cliched alpha male who interprets his erection as a diving rod for love.  I thought his feelings developed too quickly and his professionalism fell by the wayside based upon his physical reaction to Augusta.  I expect more from a seasoned NYPD Homicide Detective.The novel is well plotted and paced to perfection.  The book failed to achieve a 5 star rating because of a handful of illogical decisions made by Augusta.  I know if my husband had been killed, I was dragged into an alley a few blocks from my home, escaped and I made it to the safety of my home only to find it had been broken into and trashed, I wouldn't insist on staying there to prove that I couldn't be driven from it.  Her decision to stay was meant to illustrate her moxie, but the action didn't ring true in my opinion.  This is just one example of her bad decisions.I recommend this book to those who enjoy romantic suspense and like their love scenes on the spicy side.