Book Review: Hand of Fate by Lis Wiehl

BOOK REVIEW:

The Hand of Fate, a popular radio show, has just lost its host due to a poisonous gas.  In the city wide panic that follows his death finding those responsible become a top priority for the triple threat group of friends- an FBI Special Agent, a crime reporter and a Federal Prosecutor.  The three friends band together to find a killer, understand the motive and overcome a betrayal of a team member.

I enjoyed that the story took off running.  I liked the fast pace of the beginning of the book.  The chapters are labeled with the setting for each chapter, which helped me following along better.  I enjoyed the way that the three women’s careers interwove with each other and each was an important part of the plotline.  The ending was a little abrupt but was a decent twist in the plot.

I found the novel to have a good overall message and was careful to weave in the message within the story without hitting you over the head with it. 

I had not read the previous triple threat book and felt that I was missing some pieces of information that would have been helpful in fully understanding the characters, but the book was still enjoyable without that information.  While I didn’t find it a major page turner, I would recommend it to someone looking for a mystery with constant action and characters that you grow to like.  (Thomas Nelson provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for review purposes.)