While living with her husband in Florence, Italy, Mary Warren was brutally attacked by a serial killer who stalked the women of Florence. Karel Indrizzio had previously murdered two women and distinguished himself as their killer by leaving a special gift by their body as his own personal signature. Indrizzio planned the same fate for Mary and savagely mutilated her body, but before he could finish his death ritual, Mary's husband arrived. Although Mary was able to escape, Ty Warren was killed saving his wife. Indrizzio was easily apprehended, arrested, and died before his trial.

Two years later, Mary returns to Florence in order to begin a course in Art History. Mary also decides to resume her relationship with her former lover, Pierangelo, who Mary intended to leave her husband for before his death. But the historically beautiful streets of Florence no longer contain just the relics of a bygone era: Behind every crumbling ruin and Renaissance painting Mary sees the ghost of her dead husband. Although Mary immerses herself in her new life as a student, the memories of her attack torment her. Florence's timeless beauty becomes a ghastly apparition which Mary cannot escape from.

When more women are found murdered in the typical Indrizzio fashion, Mary's worst fears begin to materialize. Although Indrizzio was proven guilty of Ty Warren's death, a copycat killer appears to have adopted Indrizzio's macabre method of killing. The murdered women become an obsession for Mary when she stumbles upon photos of the corpses. Mary's boyfriend warns her against becoming involved with the recent murders, however Mary's unhealthy obsession with the dead women slowly begins to consume her, But Mary's sanity is truly tested when she realizes that the killer is coming closer and closer to her.

THE FACES OF ANGELS is a chilling psychological thriller set amongst the ruins of Florence's golden past. Lucretia Grindle does an exceptional job of evoking the beauty of Florence's art and architecture while keeping the focus on Mary's terrifying experience. Mary's paranoia quickly passes onto the reader as she begins to see the eyes of her attacker behind every person she encounters on the streets of Florence. THE FACES OF ANGELS is a stylishly written suspense novel which transforms the breathtaking beauty of Florence into the malicious playground of a serial killer.