Book review: Angels Fall by Nora Roberts

Reece Gilmore has to be Roberts' quirkiest heroine yet, especially if you count only her big titles, and not the category romances.

On the run from her memories, in search of herself, she lands in a small Wyoming town for car repairs, takes a short-term job, and ends up staying longer than she expects. The people there come to accept her odd neuroses, especially when they learn about the traumatic event in her past.

Even so, no one's quite sure what to believe when Reece is the only witness to a murder, and no one can find any evidence that the murder actually occurred.

As always, Roberts' characters are engaging. She draws you into the story with one of my favorite devices, multiple perspectives. The whodunnit offers several viable suspects this time, and although it was easy to narrow it down, and not surprising in the reveal, it wasn't a given.

Reece is an interesting character, laden with paranoias and oddities. There are times when I'm not sure if I like her, or want to throttle her, but she manages to win me over.

Reece's love interest, Brody, would have been kicked to the curb on more than one occasion if I were the female in question. Still, Reece seems to like him, and that's what matters in books like this.

Minor characters such as Joanie, who owns the diner where Reece works, her son Lo, Doc Wallace, the Sheriff, and some of the others, are well-faceted, but none of them really steal the show except Joanie. She's a no-nonsense Yoda in a greasy apron.