Rosanna Filippello-Author of The Angelo Mystery Series

Look for the 3rd Angelo Mystery this fall. For more information visit this web site:

Who Better To Write A Police Mystery Than A Police Officer?,

December 14, 2004

Reviewer: "Janet Sue Terry" (Wilmington, Ohio 45177) -

In the first book "Angel of Death," followed by a second book "Angel of Justice," in the "Angelo Mystery Series," penned by veteran Philadelphia Police Officer Rosanna Filippello, the reader is left anxious to read more.

The novels give readers an inside view of the Philadelphia police force at work. They allow one to see Philadelphia, "the city of brotherly love," in all it's splendor. It's a view that only a native to the area could offer. Filippello goes on to allow readers to glimpse the night life, the streets after dark, officers working diligently throughout the night to catch a serial killer.

These books bring out the best of the Philadelphia police force with their portrayal of the heroic and self-sacrificing men and women ever vigilant in their surveillance of the city. Filippello, offers insight into these officers, both male and female, subtly bonding as family while working shoulder to shoulder to protect the sleepy, unsuspecting city of Philadelphia and the people they love.

Angelo shows her power and intelligence as she leads, follows up on clues, and ultimately bags the bad guy. We glimpse her compassion and insight into the criminal mind as she interviews one suspect after another. She has a knack for reading people and the ability to put differences aside when work calls.

Anyone who reads these books will be anxious to read the third one in the series. It is obvious to those of us who know and work with Rosanna Filippello that she is a rising star in the literary world.

Just keep in mind that "Angel of Death," is only the first book in the "Angelo Mystery Series," and readers should buy other books in the series because they are page turners..

The Publisher
Just My Best, Inc.
www.jmbpub.com

An Eye For An Eye, April 16, 2004
Reviewer: garyowen44 (Ukiah, CA United States)

A great procedural thriller gets off to a fast start when the villan decides that ex cons are to be punished in the old testament way, an eye for an eye. As each body turns up killed in a way befitting the crimes he had committed, the heroine, a veteran Philly policewoman searches for the connection. Saddled with a partner who is more interested in politics that police work, she struggles on and, in the process, teaches the partner the value of determination and thoroughness. As she gets close to the killer, he decides that she has to go. The story rushes to a roller-coaster climax that is sure to please.

The author keeps the identity of the killer from the reader until the last even though there are clues a-plenty in the book.

The characters are fresh and alive and the story flows. A must read.

Breakthrough police novel, December 9, 2003
Reviewer: "mo_thecat" (Philadelphia, PA United States)

Rosanna Filippello's third novel, Angel of Death, is an impressive breakthrough for this young mother/police officer/novelist. This is not an Agatha Christie whodunit so much as a Georges Simenon tale of a vicious criminal, chillingly portrayed against a background of finely detailed local (Philadelphia) settings, police procedures, and quirky minor characters. The life of the central figure, Police Detective B. Angelo, is moved and changed by events even as she moves and changes the lives of the suspects, her colleagues and her husband.