Face of Betrayal

Face of Betrayal, by Lis Wiehl and April Henry, kept me turning pages and coming back for more.  Once Katie Converse, a Senate page, goes missing and later turns up dead, The Triple Threat leaps into action.  Comprised of Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce, FBI Agent Nicole Hedges, and TV reporter Cassidy Shaw, these three ladies have a vested interest in the case.  Each lady intricately involves herself investigating the Senator last seen with Katie, as their personal agendas and issues surface, and the reader realizes there’s more to the plot than the disappearance of a Senate page.

While classified as “Christian Fiction” most of this novel reads like any good thriller.  It does have some negligible details, which in any other book would be fine.  But in a Christian book, I was especially glad to see no attempt to convert the reader.  There were two places I think the book could benefit from, if left out.   As brief and minute a role Allison’s pastor plays, it felt contrived.  If this is what gave the book a Christian backing, it let me down.  Allison is a Christian.  We see this in her actions, thoughts, prayers.  It’s evident throughout the plot and she refrains from forcing ideas on The Triple Threat. The pastor’s role in this novel just felt forced and a bit out of place. 

Thomas Nelson Publishing provided me with a copy of this book, and I will definitely pick up Hand of Fate, another Triple Threat novel.  You can find other reviews of this book at booksneeze.com.