Stone Angel

by Carol O'Connell

Book Overview

NYPD Detective Kathleen Mallory is back--to face her most terrifying obsession--the murder of her own mother... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399142347
• ISBN13: 9780399142345
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

British edition

FYI, this is the British edition of Stone Angel, the fourth Mallory book.

Mallory at her Best!

The best, most disturbing Mallory book to date! O'Connell answers many reader's questions from past Mallory novels, yet leaves us waiting in anticipation for the next novel in the series!

Well-Written accomplishment as usual for O'Connell

I think that Carol O'Connell has perfected her Character, Kathleen Mallory by this time to seem like the cold, unfeeling perfectionist on the outside but really does hold some aspects of human emotion.Mallory is on a quest for information...information on the death of her mother and her illegal "partner" chases after her in an attempt to try and win her affections.Ah, I know what you're thinking...but alas, this is not one of those sappy romances with a mystery weaved into it. No, the mystery is definitely dominant and the romance is just a subtle tap on the shoulder...enough to keep you wondering about the outcome of this one-sided relationship, but your brain working furiously to solve the mystery.I'll admit that the identity of the killer was not difficult to figure out, but for some reason, I still couldn't close the book...I just kept on reading.I highly reccomend this book and all other books written by Carol O'Connell. However, it is in your best intrest to read the Mallory series starting from the beginning so you know the whole story, beginning with "Mallory's Oracle".

still the best i've read

my largest complaint about this book - the only criticism that i have, really - is that o'connell is just too good. not only can you not put the book down, you scan ahead, skipping paragraphs in your rush to devour her words. DO NOT CONSUME HER WORK IN THIS MANNER! i've read Stone Angel six times now, and each time i pick up something i've missed, and every detail is paramount. Mallory (Hopefully we can call her Kathleen after this one)is on her most painful, obsessive mission yet, and Charles has managed to keep both his convictions and his rose-colored image of Mallory. Riker, cynical to the last, threatens to thwart Mallory's plans for avenging her mother's brutal death. The climax is riveting; images of Mallory stepping from one pool of streetlight to the next in her other-era gunslinger clothes is ultimately satisfying. i confess i missed Slope and Rabbi Kaplan, and the interplay among the NY cop shop, but hopefully they'll be back in the next of the series. Carol O'Connell is the true master, and Mallory is my hero - strength personified, but completely vulnerable. we understand why she doesn't want to be human, and yet, in spite of her self, her humanity shines through in her code of honor and her desire to protect the men she cares about. Yes, she cares, and we care. read all four novels back to back on a rainy day, and if you haven't read O'Connell's work yet, you've really missed the boat.

Mystery Magic. Best mystery novel of 1997!

Fifty pages from the closing of STONE ANGEL I did not want the book to end. I did not want to leave Mallory or Charles or Riker or Tom or Augusta and other characters. Thirty pages from the end Carol O'Connell had me squirming in my seat with tension and anxiety. At the end I was drained and need a rest from these people...unfortunately I will get that rest while I wait for Mallory and troup to return. This is Carol O'Connell's four mystery-novel and her fourth Mallory character study. What a startling person Mallory is. As a child of ten she was arrested in NYC. The arresting officer and his wife take her into their home and raise her rather than let he be taken by the system. What a break for all of us. Mallory grows into a beautiful and extremely intelligent detective and gives us, through the talent of Carol O'Connell, some tremendous history. In the book store where I work part time, I have sold some seven hundered plus copies of MALLORY'S ORACLE (O'Connell's first). I've only had a handful say they did not enjoy the book. They are no longer allowed in the store. Each succeeding book (THE MAN WHO CAST TWO SHADOWS, KILLING CRITICS, and now STONE ANGEL), has been better and better written than the preceding one. Halfway through STONE ANGEL I wondered how I could possible induce my customers to purchase all four at once. After careful consideration I do believe I can just work with the first and STONE ANGEL. The reader will return for the middle two. STONE ANGEL is one of two of the best novels I have read so far this year and there have been some very good book printed. However, STONE ANGEL top the list because it has all those wondrous things a book can have and be to the reader. Great characters that you can love for themselves and for the interplay with each other. Evil characters that you can trul despise. Wounded characters that you can anguish over. STONE ANGEL is a mystery that is presented shrouded in magic and love. This is a book you will not put down except to rest your heart and brain and replenish your soul. There is a scene near the closing that places Augusta and Charles bareback atop a horse racing away from danger and to aid Mallory. I was with them atop that horse and it was some ride. Saddle up folks!