| Face of Betrayal (Triple Threat Series #1) |  | Authors: Lis Wiehl, April Henry
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  189 reviews
Sales Rank: 899
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
ASIN: B0024NLHSA
Publication Date: April 7, 2009
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While home on Christmas break, a seventeen-year-old Senate page takes her dog out for a walk and never returns. Reporter Cassidy Shaw is the first to break the story. The resulting media firestorm quickly ensnares Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce and FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges. These three unique women, life-long friends, call themselves The Triple Threat--a nickname derived from both their favorite dessert and their uncanny ability to crack cases using their three positions of power. At first, the authorities think Katie might have been kidnapped or run away, but those theories shatter when Nicole uncovers Katie's blog. Posts reveal a girl troubled by a mysterious relationship with an older man . . . possibly a U.S. Senator. There are many faces of betrayal, but they must find one face in a crowd of growing suspects before they become the next victims.
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 Unexpectedly Great!! April 25, 2009
P. Ramirez (Somewhere in Utah)
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
I love a good mystery as much as the next person. The only problem is that is it exceedingly difficult to find one. I mean, when you have figured it out within the first five chapters, the book quickly becomes irrelevant. No matter how well the characters are developed or how engagingly the book is written.
Luckily, "Face of Betrayal" was a good mystery. One that actually kept me guessing from the first page to the last. Because the characters begin to draw you in from the very beginning, where you are introduced to Allison Pierce. She is a no-nonsense prosecuting attorney who soon finds herself deeply entrenched in the mysterious disappearance of a 17-year old Senate page, Katie. With the help of her friends Cassidy (an up and coming television reporter) and Nicole (an FBI agent), Allison attempts to unravel the twisted threads of Katies life and bring her abductor to light. Over the course of the investigation, it is discovered that Katie may have been carrying on an adulterous affair with a U.S. Senator, which suddenly transforms a missing person case into the story of the year. (In fact, the entire story feels vaguely familiar. It's as if Lis Wiehl took the most sensational parts of the biggest news stories of the last year or so and combined them into one.)
I am not going to say anything that could be a spoiler, but the entire plot of the story is fantastic. Everything flows, the characters are very well developed, and all of the sub-plots are very relevant and come together in the end. (There's nothing worse than a story full of pointless filler plots and red herrings.) And you will find yourself surprised at the twist at the end when the whodunit is exposed.
Honestly, I didn't have the highest of expectations for "Face of Betrayal." I mean, Wiehl is a legal analyst for FOX NEWS. I was actually a little bit afraid (tic). But I changed my tune before I finished chapter one, and I would recommend this book to anyone. Easily 4 ½ out of 5 stars. And this is only book one of the Triple Threat Series. I will now be anxiously awaiting the release of book two, "Hand of Fate" in April of 2010.
terrific political thriller April 12, 2009
Harriet Klausner
25 out of 29 found this review helpful
In Portland, Oregon seventeen year old US Senate page Katie Converse goes home during the Christmas recess. However, when her family reports her missing, the media goes into a feeding frenzy searching for any nuance as Katie is the All American paragon; the press seeks clues to her whereabouts while assuming the worst occurred and intrudes on the law enforcement search for her.
Federal prosecutor Allison Pierce, crime reporter Cassidy Shaw, and FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges uncover incriminating information that Katie is not the role model her parents and others describe. In fact the teen page was having an affair with a much older senator whose political career would be nuked if the truth came out. He will do anything including obstructing justice to conceal his involvement with Katie.
Mindful of Congressman Gary Condit and the murder of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy scandal that fell off the media scope with 9/11; FACE OF BETRAYAL is a terrific political thriller with a homicide investigation as its underpinning. The story line is fast-paced but loaded with plausible twists that add taut suspense to the inquiry. Lis Wiehl and April Henry provide a superb tale that hooks the reader from the start and never slows down until the final convergence.
Harriet Klausner
Great dramatic read! April 8, 2009
H. McCulloch (Old Hickory, TN)
20 out of 27 found this review helpful
This book has it coming from all sides and you are really not sure which direction you are going to go down next and the ending is surprising. I really love each of the three female characters and reading about them as well. This has been a great read- I highly recommend it!
Great Read!! April 17, 2009
Kathryn Nilsen (seattle)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book so much! It reads like a movie- hoping a studio will pick it up. It is triple + stars !!
Face of Betrayal by Lis Wiehl April 20, 2009
Heather McDougle (Charleston, SC)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Triple Threat has come together to solve another crime; federal prosecutor Allison Pierce, reporter Cassidy Shaw, and FBI special agent Nicole Hedges are trying to find out what happened to the DC Senate page that disappeared on her winter break. Katie took her younger sister's dog for a walk and never came home. Everyone is left guessing whether she disappeared on her own or was she kidnapped. She had a myspace blog that gave glimpses into her life but it was vague enough that no one knew what was really going on in this girls life. There were many twists and turns in this book. What actually happened to Katie came to be a surprise to me.
I honestly didn't have high hopes that I would enjoy this book before I picked it up but I was surprised once I started reading it. I found the book very suspenseful; I wanted to know what happened to Katie. All of the characters came alive in the book, and I really connected with some of the characters. The way the chapters are structured kind of had me lost at times and irritated me. But I was able to get past that to enjoy the book. I would definitely read something by this author again.
I would recommend this book especially to other women. There are a lot of women's issues discussed in this book that are inspiring and that makes you aware of the world around us. I honestly think it is more of a chick book than something for both genders.
I am a member of Thomas Nelson's Book Review Blogger program http://brb.thomasnelson.com/
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