Avenging Angels

By Mary Stanton

Book Overview

The series that's "a breath of fresh air for fans of paranormal cozy mysteries" (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

Law school hasn't prepared Bree to appeal cases for the dead. After inheriting her great-uncle's haunted law firm, she must now represent ex-banker O'Rourke, who supposedly killed himself after losing a fortune. But with a merry widow and evidence mounting, it's beginning to look like murder. So Bree and her team of angels begin to investigate. But Bree soon discovers that someone would rather see her deceased than debriefed.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 042523309X
• ISBN13: 9780425233092
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

WHO IS THE REAL CLIENT?

Enjoyable book with temporal murders and the other kind, too. Brianna and her sister Antonia are involved up to their necks, again. Starts in Savannah at an auction, with a mysterious desk. Just enough characters to keep it interesting.

The Wrong Client

I just love this series, it gets better and better and more mysterious, is Bree's birth mother actually dead and if not then where is she, what are the pendagrast really after and what's happening to bree hersef, is she becoming an angel or part angel? That alone with the rest of the questions this book raised without answering the ones I already had just keeps me wanting more and more so keep them coming

super paranormal legal thriller

When Brianna Winston-Beaufort took over her late Uncle Franklin's Savannah law practice Beaufort & Company, she had no idea what she let herself in for as she works legal matters in the Celestial Court. Her clients are typically spirits and her assistance angels as she is the only mortal (and lawyer) who can enter 66 Angelus St. Her current case is a suicide victim banker Russell O'Rourke who allegedly killed himself due to the recession leading to his bankruptcy and shame. Although she struggles with the lack of a law library on line, Bree knows the heavenly law about killing one's self. However, she with Sasha her angelic guard dog at her side and her assistant angels investigate only to find Russell's widow euphoric with his death. As she begins to wonder if Russell's is a victim of a homicide, someone wants Bree needing a lawyer defending her in Celestial Court before she learns the truth of how Russell died. The latest Beaufort paranormal legal thriller is an engaging tale due to a strong cast starting with the lead attorney. The story line is fast-paced on earth and in court as Bree and company investigate the suspicious death of Russell as well as appeal his sentencing in the heavenly court. Although similar in tone to the previous two defending their lives entries (see Angel's Advocate and Defending Angels), fans will enjoy this still unique quirky angelic spin n the afterlife. Harriet Klausner

fun new series

This series by Mary Stanton is fun, entertaining and is a new twist on "paranormal" and legal fiction. Savannah lawyer Brianna Beaufort and her legal team of Angels go about defending souls who where perhaps given too harsh a sentence to purgatory and beyond. Having clients who are dead already makes the job that much more of a challenge!