- Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books (May 24 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 034548391X
- ISBN-13: 978-0345483911
- Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 2.6 x 17.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #269,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Crackles with action . . . a riveting and ingenious read that will keep you turning the pages.”—Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence
“This is the book Dan Brown wanted to write.”—Providence Journal-Bulletin
“[A] masterly thriller.”—Alafair Burke, author of 212
“Slick and entertaining . . . plenty of action.”—Desert Morning News
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Kate Westcott, a gifted American art student, has come to Florence to study Michelangelo. Exploring the cobbled streets of the Renaissance city with her fellow student Marco, Kate feels the pull of destiny. And when the two uncover a chamber in a corridor sealed since the time of the Medicis, they make a stunning discovery: Michelangelo’s Midnight Angels—three small, exquisite sculptures long rumored to exist but never before seen. It is the find of a lifetime—and the beginning of a nightmare.
Pursued by criminals, suspected by the Rome Art Squad, and navigating the underground network of a secret society, Kate and Marco must use all their cunning to protect Michelangelo’s work—and their lives.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
marginal, July 21 2010
By BeachReader - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Midnight Angels: A Novel (Hardcover)
I was soooo looking forward to this book - Florence, my favorite European city -- and art. What a combination! I even BOUGHT the book, and I rarely buy fiction.Well, I was greatly disappointed. The plot and premise were just plain ridiculous. So many stupid things were done by the characters. Kate was such a lightweight and all of a sudden she was thrust into something for which she was ill-prepared. Murder and mayhem in the streets of Florence. COME ON, now!
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Major disappointment, Aug 5 2010
By Stephen Kalman "techauthor" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Midnight Angels: A Novel (Hardcover)
I loved Street Boys. Gangster was another favorite. The list of books by this author that I've recommended goes on and on. I saw this book at the airport bookstore and needed a book for a long flight. OK, I thought, easy winner even at full price. What a mistake! It was so bad I gave up and tried watching the movie. That was worse, so I went back to the book just to pass the time.The plot revolves around a young woman who is both groomed for her task of uncovering lost art works and woefully unprepared for the people she's certain to meet in the process. She makes friends with the wrong people, and fails to trust those she should. She moves from one implausible risky situation to another with miraculous luck. Guards who should be watchful are distracted; doors that should be heavily secured are opened by or for her. Plots within plots, cross and doublecross form the background tapestry. Secret passages that certainly don't exist and twisted history (along with a few verifiable tidbits) make the plotting too hard to swallow.
I'm willing to suspend normal levels of disbelief for a good plot. This one asked me to do that way too many times for a plot that was barely able to tie most of its threads together.
Give this one a pass.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
exhilarating art world thriller, July 10 2010
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Midnight Angels: A Novel (Hardcover)
Professor Richard Dylan Edwards is a highly regarded Michelangelo expert. He is also the leader of the secretive Vittoria Society that recovers stolen art treasures to return them to their rightful owner. His group seeks three missing Michelangelo statues, the Midnight Angels that most art historians believe never existed beyond legend. Also searching for the statues are the as secretive Immortals whose leader Raven wants them for his latest nefarious clever scheme.Dr. Edward's top student, his ward Kate Westcott, heads to Italy to study first hand Michelangelo. In Florence, she and her art student boyfriend Marco Scudarti search the museums and galleries that seem everywhere in the fabled city. When they find the Midnight Angels, they become targets of the deadly ruthless Immortals who have no remorse killing innocent bystanders to obtain the three statues; only Captain Rumore seems on their side when he is not pondering arresting them.
This is an action packed thriller that grips the audience from the moment the American student and her Italian boyfriend begin exploring the streets of Florence and never slows down as readers will join them on their perilous tour. Fast-paced and filled with action, fans relish this exhilarating art world thriller as the two secretive societies and the Rome Art Squad, all with different intentions, converge on Kate and Marco.
Harriet Klausner
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