Review by Aaron Paul Lazar
Title: Stealing
Faces
Author: Michael
Prescott
Publisher: Amazon
Digital Services, Ulverscroft
Genre: Thriller
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, and eBook
ISBN-10:
0708943500
ISBN-13:
978-0708943502
ASIN: B00547KH66
Price: Kindle, $
0.99; Large Print, $29.91
Author’s
website: http://www.michaelprescott.net/
I’ve been
reading and reviewing a fair amount of books this year, all of them quite good,
and most of them on Kindle. Of course, I vet them before I accept a review
request by reading the first few pages and the synopsis. There’s nothing worse
than reviewing a book that bores you to tears or that just isn’t your cup of
tea. So I almost always love the
titles I accept.
In the midst of
all these excellent books, however, came STEALING FACES. This high suspense
thriller literally knocked my socks off.
Mr. Prescott’s
writing style is what hooked me from the beginning. Smooth, tight, and fast
flowing, the prose held me as spellbound as the suspense. Frankly, STEALING
FACES is one of the best-written novels I’ve come across in a very long time,
and I can’t believe I haven’t discovered Mr. Prescott’s work to date.
Cray has been
stalking and killing women for over a decade. Well-respected by day, savage
hunter by night, the man’s character is impeccably drawn using inner thoughts
and dialog. The contrast between his day job (revealed partway through the
book) and his secret, sick obsession, accentuates his evil.
Now, meet
protagonist Elizabeth Palmer. Desperate, broke, resourceful, and lovely, this
woman has fixated on finding and bringing Cray to justice since she escaped his
clutches twelve years earlier.
From the first
primal scream of Cray’s victim to the kaleidoscope of terror-filled memories
experienced by Elizabeth, Prescott doesn’t let his readers relax, or even take
a breath. Both characters, juxtaposed brilliantly against each other, drive the
story forward to its very satisfying conclusion.
The plot is well
recounted in many of the 100 plus reviews on Amazon, so let it suffice for me
to say that many plot threads and themes are tightly woven into this book, with
shock after shock and absolutely no letting down of the tension. I would
actually recommend STEALING FACES as a primer for those interested in pursuing
a career in writing thrillers.
Thank you, Mr.
Prescott, for showing us all how it should be done, and for several nights of
delicious, exhilarating thrills.
Highly recommended by Aaron Paul Lazar, www.legardemysteries.com
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