An electrifying reader's hook propels Attorney Alexa Williams into the center of action when she witnesses a Pennsylvania state senator fall to his death in the Capitol Rotunda, immediately after she and a Senate staffer overhear a multi-voice argument from upstairs. Alexa knows watching this death inadvertently was even worse than previously discovering a corpse. What's even worse is learning she was a witness to homicide.

This was a well written political thriller. The author is skilled at weaving the murder into personal events occurring in the heroine Alexa's life. Unpredictable with an excellent assortment of characters and life events. Will read this author again!

There is no doubt this author knows how to write. The writing style wasn't an issue for me but I found this book very melodramatic and over the top. I didn't really find some of it believable. I think also that it didn't read as a fun fiction story - it was a diatribe against fracking. Hey, I hate fracking too and I'm definitely no supporter - but when I pick up a book I'm looking for some entertainment not a scientific study of fracking. The fracking details were so descriptive that it read more like a manual than a fiction book. The book kept veering away from the actual story to stop everything and spew out pages and pages of anti fracking rhetoric.

And the names in this book were so different to the point that every time a new character entered the scene I was rolling my eyes at what their name would be. Independently none of these names are weird but collectively it was almost like the author was TRYING to be unique and different and for me it just seemed another element of dramatics that wasn't necessary and increased my dislike of this book.

Haley, Alexa, Blair, Ariel, Spanky, Darby, Sabrina, Randi, Walden, Carter, Denton, Graham, Jared, Keisha, Melinda, Vanessa, Cecily, Silas, Nason, Bettina, Tanner, Herbert, Walker, Carmine, Norris.

Really? Yeah ok. Well. That's how the whole book is. Over the top.

Third in an ambitious suspense series. This time, Alexa Williams doesn’t stumble on a body, the body “stumbles” on her, as a charismatic state senator apparently jumps to his suicide in the Capitol Rotunda and lands at Alexa’s feet. It soon becomes clear the Senator was murdered, and as a witness, Alexa herself is in danger. But Alexa refuses to hide, even when a sniper comes after her when she is relaxing, naked, in her hot tub. Her work, leading a Senate commission on sex trafficking, is too important to her. She’s also helping a friend who wants to prove that the fracking on her land led to her daughter’s rare cancer. There is also a plot from the past woven with the two plots in the present, featuring the 1979 nuclear accident on Three Mile Island.

After reading this book, all I can think is wow! This was my first book by Sherry Knowlton and she did not disappoint. A story that sped by. One that you do not want to start close to bedtime. In the end, there was so much going on that I couldn't read the words fast enough to keep up the pace with what was going on. Chasing and being chased all around that capitol building, I was worn out for the characters.

The Three Mile Island thing was strange for me until the author opened the door and showed me where she was leading her readers. That was like, another wow!

If your looking for a book with a lot of action, this one hits the mark.

Thanks to Sunbury Press for approving my request and to Net Galley for providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

This book is two stories that go great together as one. When Alexa Williams and Keisha Washington have a late night meeting at the capitol, they overhear bits and pieces of some men in a heated conversation. They really didn't think much of it until someone comes crashing down from above and landing on the floor almost beside them. Keisha knows who this person is, it is a senator from the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Alexa is on a committee about human trafficking and didn't even think about it much. Then one of her old classmates calls her about her sick daughter and what the fracking of the land on their farm has done to ruin her health and their farm. Alexa gets involved with helping her friend, and things get down right murderous. I learned a lot about this actviity, and enjoyed this book very much. I received a copy of this book from Net Galley.

very interesting book that pertains a lot of what concerns us today - fracking, our environment, and standing up for what we believe in. A tight and well-written novel with twists, turn. Don't let the subject matter scare you away. Even though I have no clue about fracking, or any of the tech involved in that world, I was able to follow along with everything that was going on.

I've been on a suspenseful kick lately with my reading and I loved this book. My mom and my sister both love mysteries and I would definitely recommend this book to them as their next read. I would also recommend this book to friends who are looking for a good book.

thanks you.
enjoyed it.
will get copies for family and friends.

I received a free electronic copy of this novel from Netgalley, Sherry Knowlton, and Sunbury Press, Inc. in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all, for sharing your hard work with me.

Two stories, intertwined - this is a good novel, a fast read, and a tautly told tale. Sherry Knowlton knits together a small family struggling through the nuclear leak at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island in March and April, 1979, and a current energy related problem, same area, with lawyer Alexa and her dog Scout struggling against fracking in principle and fact. Ms. Knowlton shares with us a lot of information both for and against hydraulic fracking in plain language easily understood. I found this novel to be more than simple entertainment.