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Average Customer Rating: 
Solitary Man (Angel) >
Customer Review #1:
 Fast paced and fun
Solitary Man is a fast paced, fun Angel story. Set in the fourth season of Angel, relationships are falling apart all around -- Fred and Gunn are pretending they dont have a problem, Angel is pretending that he isnt in love with Cordelia and that he isnt upset that Connor has moved out and Wes is pretending that he isnt involved with Lilah. Jeff Mariotte, an experienced Buffy/Angel writer portrays all the drama and angst realistically. The characters and their interactions with each other ring true, providing the perfect backdrop for any story. And the story is a unique one. Imagine a seventy-something widow, Mildred Finster, who decides that she wants to be a private investigator and that she wants to work for Angel investigations. When Angel and company decline her services, she sets out to prove that she can do the job. After getting results where Angel cant a couple times, Mildred gets herself into more trouble than she bargains for and everyone comes together to save the day. This book was totally unexpected. The story was a little fluffy, but it was loads of fun. I highly recommend it.
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Customer Review #2:
"A solitary man is either a beast or an angel"
Mildred Finster simply has too much time on here hands. At 71 shes grown tired of her comfy mysyery stories and has decided to venture out on her own, solving crimes and bringing evildoers to justice. Unfortunately Mildred has decided to set her eyes on Los Angeles where she intends to apprentices and an agency with a cute name - Angel Investigations.In the meantime Fred and Gunn are barely talking, Cordy is living (?) at Connors place, Wesley it staying carefully away and Angel is, as usual, being moody. When ex-higher being Cordelia has a vision of a weak old man tearing a truck driver into shreds the team investigates but gets nowhere. What is even more embarrassing, Mildred manages to to go where Angel fears to tread (sorry about that) and the gang has to cope with being outplayed by a 71-year-old Miss Marple. But the vision is serious, and events quickly reveal that the little old man is pure badness on the hoof. Soon the team is mixing it up with Spanish mission priests, unconscious poltergeists, and the little old man from hell. Not good, and, as you might expect, the world hangs in the balance. Basically, this is a good book. The characters are well drawn, which is what we should expect from a writer with Mariottes experience. Th plot is good, but the dialog is a bit stilted due to the fact that everyone is having problems with someone. What keeps it from being topnotch is that it overplays, for the umpteenth time, one of the standard Buffy/Angel themes - the big hero learns not to turn his (or her) back on the team and go it alone theme. If you are new to the stories, this shouldnt bother you. But long term addicts will find themselves wondering why, with fragments of relationships flying all over the pages, the big story is about killing something together. Grump!!
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Customer Review #3:
Angel, She Wrote
With all the choas that was in "Angel" Season Four, who had time for these little side adventures. Oh well. Midred is a nice old lady who has too much time on her hands, so she decides to help Angel Investigations (she likes angels). She soon finds herself in the middle of a truckers murder, antiqes theft and poltrigiest happeneings. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew are trying to pick up the remnents of their lives (Gunn and Fred are still not fighting, Wes is still in exile, and Angel still loves Cordy, though she dosnt remember). Basicly the books breaks down like this; have you ever wondered how Angela Landsbury (from "Murder, She Wrote") would fair in the Buffy/Angel universe? Well, I havent either, but here is your answere. It is a fun little book, a fast read, and light on the suspense, but it is all right, just not as heavy as I would have liked.
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