Thank you NetGalley and Amazon Publishing for the early read. I could not put Her Deadly Game down! I love how Robert Dugoni pulled me into the story with his excellent writing. I loved the mystery—and was guessing until the reveal. Besides the intriguing murder, I found myself drawn to the characters, especially the protagonist, Keera Duggan. Dangerously addictive as it kept me up reading way past my bedtime.

Keera Duggan, a Seattle prosecutor, returns to her family law practice after a failed relationship with a colleague. Her father, a celebrated defense attorney, is also a raging alcoholic with all the fallout that entails, both personally and professionally.

Keera is retained by Vince LaRussa, an investment adviser accused of murdering his disabled wealthy wife. The prosecutor? Miller Ambrose, Keera’s former SO, who is determined to win and take down Keera in the process.

As a former chess prodigy, Keera takes solace in online chess as a way to relax and decompress at the end of a long day. Just who is her anonymous online opponent, The Dark Night? The answer will surprise you! I don’t play chess and the moves went over my head, but I appreciated that the skills and logic needed to be a top chess player are the same skills needed to be a top defense attorney.

I love courtroom dramas and this is among the best. The ending became just a tad bit convoluted and the specifics of the murder were a bit OTT.

But,I loved the character of Keera and her dysfunctional but loving family. Overall, the positives outweigh my reservations about the ending, and I was able to overlook a few sticking points.

The case ends with a conundrum which leaves Keera with a dilemma, and left me furiously turning the pages. I couldn’t see how the author could end this satisfactorily, but he pulled it off. I was left with wanting more from these characters which is a sure sign of a successful read for me. I want more stories featuring the Duggans!

Her Deadly Game is a story about family dysfunction and stepping up. It’s about grit, truth, and strategy. I was hooked from the get-go and enjoyed the whole ride!

Keera Dugan reluctantly returns to her family’s law firm, which is owned by her father Patrick and her two sisters. They are criminal defense lawyers. Patsy (Patrick) turn out to be a raging alcoholic and Keera hopes to fix the situation they are in because of his alcoholism. So much drama. This family is completely enmeshed!

Keera’s first homicide defense case is representing Vince LaRussa, an investment adviser accused of killing his wealthy wife. While there’s no real evidence, it appears that Vince and his wife were headed for divorce, so he is the first and only suspect. As more information comes out, Keera has to decide what is the right thing to do.

Keera has to go up against prosecutor Miller Ambrose, her ex-boyfriend who kind of pushed her out of her old job. He’s a bully and each is competitive. This creates a lot of tension.

Keera is a former chess prodigy and it’s almost as if chess is another character in this novel. Keera uses her experience with chess to strategize, always aiming to be a step ahead. Throughout the book Keera is involved in an online chess game and the moves are detailed painstakingly. This was the one part I didn’t like, I was completely lost, so I just skimmed over it.

This character driven story made me fall in love with Keera and her family. It is a complex, suspenseful police procedural and courtroom production, thoroughly enjoyable. I will be reading more of Robert Dugani.

Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the opportunity to read and review this book.

What is a deadly game? Is it a game played to one's demise or can it be just a game of cat and mouse that will have one of the participants put away for life?

A handicapped woman is murdered in her wheelchair leaving a number of suspects behind plus a gun, some fibers, water, and a shattered glass. What heinous person could have shot this wealthy woman in the back of the head? Of course, it has to be the husband, one Vincent LaRussa, an investment counselor, who himself has amassed a fortunate. However, LaRussa seems to have an air tight alibi and with two others visiting his wife beforehand, including her best friend who is also her doctor, and the lawyer her wealthy family had retained for a prenup agreement before the marriage.

As the eyes of guilt seem to focus on Vince, he hires Keera Dugan as his defense attorney, whose father, also a well-known lawyer, has both a fine reputation in law as well as that of being an alcoholic. Everyone is hell bent on seeing Vince brought to trial and the prosecuting attorney, a former boyfriend/paramour of Keera's is on the mission to make her and her client guilty. Interspersed with the courtroom drama, is the online game between Keera and The Dark Knight over a chess game. It mimics the moves so well of the happenings in court as pawns are moved about on the board of life and death. One is certainly be aware of the expertise of the author, Robert Dugoni, a former lawyer himself who so adeptly handled all the courtroom drama and what went on behind the scenes.

The characters, particularly Keera were strong showing a wonderful and sometimes frightening image of courage, determination, and the sly tricks some will play to get back at any adversary. (I do mean you Miller Ambrose, a rat in lawyer's clothing)

My only qualm is how the deadly deed was done as well as some medical issues, but the rest was so good. I tossed those qualms aside.(and yet I couldn't stop thinking about them! )

I have read a fair number of Dugoni's books and have enjoyed them all. He is an accomplished author who never fails to entertain and amaze his readers with a comprehensive story that doesn't require the reader to make quantum leaps.

Thanks are extended to Robert Dugoni, Thomas and Mercer, and NetGalley for this outstanding book that was ever so hard to put aside as my life's duties called. Also thanks to my ever-wonderful reading twin, Jan, and for Dorie for joining us during this book's reading.
Grab yourself a copy of this book due out March 28th, 2023 for you won't be disappointed.

When it comes to mysteries and thrillers - my favorite category of books - I gravitate first to those with a legal and/or medical theme. Such is the case with this one, which introduces lawyer and grown-up chess prodigy Keera Duggan in her first big case for the family firm. I don't know if she's destined for a series or not, but if so, count me in as one who will be reading.

Actually, Keera is a reluctant addition to the family firm, led by her well-documented alcoholic father and three sisters. But she had little choice; fresh off a soured relationship with a heavy-hitting Seattle prosecuting attorney who's out to destroy her professionally every chance he gets, the only haven for her for now is in the arms of her more-than-a-little dysfunctional family. But then, the firm lands what could be the opportunity of a lifetime: uber-rich financial guru Vince LaRussa, who is accused of murdering his disabled wife Anne. He's got a reasonable alibi, but it's far from airtight; and turns out he's got a honker of a motive. To make matters worse, who do you suppose is the prosecuting attorney?

Constantly bickering with her sisters and concerned that her former top-tier attorney father, Patrick "Patsy" Duggan, will once again fall off the wagon, Keera gets help from likable cop-turned private investigator J.P. Harrison and hones her strategizing with a challenging online game of chess with a mysterious opponent. As she navigates the trial facing a prosecutor whose ethics are suspect and a judge who, let's say, isn't a Patsy fan, Keera digs in her heels deep enough to reach what just may be a very uncomfortable truth.

In particular, I enjoyed the courtroom activity; the chess back-and-forths a little less so, but that's simply because the few games I've actually played mostly made me realize I don't really want to play any more. More often than not, the transition from setting to setting seemed a little disjointed, but overall the story was intriguing enough that it didn't matter much and I'm sure that other fans of the author will be happy as well. As I said early on, I'm hoping this is the start of a series, because I'm looking forward to another one. Many thanks to the publisher, via NetGalley, for allowing me to get in on the action with a pre-release copy to read and review.

Keera had just ended a bad relationship with Ambrose Miller and at that time she worked in the PA's office. She felt like she did not have a good future with this job. So she asked her father for a job working for him at Patrick Duggan & Associates. She had sworn that she would never work for him. Her father had a drinking problem and needed a lot of help and the whole family always kept an eye on him so she started working for him.

Keera wants to have a better relationship with her Dad. She wants her Dad to have a better reputation. She then ends up getting a big case defending Vince Larusso who is an investment advisor and is accused of murdering his wife who is very wealthy. Larusso is facing life in prison. The prosecutor is Ambrose Miller, Keera's former lover, who wants to destroy her.

Keera also is an excellent chess player and is playing chess with the Dark Knight when she is not in the court room.

I really did enjoy this book. I love legal thrillers. It also is a police procedural. I did not like the chess playing in the book but never liked playing chess. I really loved Keera and her family.
This book gets very shocking and I loved the dramatic ending.

I want to thank Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for the copy of this book in exchange for a honest review..

This book is part police procedural, courtroom thriller and family drama.

Keera Dugan is a trial attorney who, because of personal issues, was forced to return to her father’s law firm. She has a wonderful relationship with her father Patrick Duggan, aka Patsy, famous for his reputation as the winning Irish Brawler in legal circles.

Lately the law firm has been in trouble due to Patrick, aka Patsy’s alcoholism. Part of the reason for Keera’s return is the hope that she can gain a reputation as a big time defense attorney and restore clients faith in their firm.

From the blurb: Keera’s chance to play in the big leagues comes when she’s retained by Vince LaRussa, an investment adviser accused of murdering his wealthy wife. There’s little hard evidence against him, but considering the couple’s impending and potentially nasty divorce, LaRussa faces life in prison. The prosecutor is equally challenging: Miller Ambrose, Keera’s former lover, who’s eager to destroy her in court on her first homicide defense.

There are so many elements that made this novel completely enthralling to me.

**First we have the complicated case of who killed LaRussa’s wife. The police are hiding something and so is the husband, Vince LaRussa. Keera has to deal with Miller Ambrose who is a cut throat lawyer and wants to win this case to prove he is the best and to also avenge Keera ending their relationship. He will stop at NOTHING to win the case.

**Keera was a child prodigy chess champion who only plays online for fun now. It’s calming to her. Her best opponent is the Dark Knight and she doesn’t know who he is but he helps her apply the strategies of chess to solving this case.

**The family dynamics and character development are top notch. This is a firm run by her father that also includes two of her sisters who work in other aspects of the law.

There are a multitude of characters but they are all well developed and I enjoyed getting to know all of them.

I think character development and wonderful writing is what draws me to all of the books that Durgoni writes. In the author’s notes there is reference to his being an attorney which accounts for all of the great detail during the trial.

If you enjoy a strongly character driven courtroom trial with lots of interesting “moving parts” then I think you will love this one as much as I did.

I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher through NetGalley. It was my pleasure to read and review this title.

This was a buddy read with Jan and Marialyce, be sure to check out their wonderful reviews!

This is another humdinger from Dugoni. He really knows how to write a gripping tale, and I found this legal thriller – a mix of fierce courtroom encounters and police/PI investigations – really exciting. It had all the right elements – a David versus Goliath trial, loathsome characters you can’t wait to see fail, complex family dynamics and heroes you just have to love.
The title refers to the hunt for wheelchair-bound Anne LaRussa’s killer as well as the courtroom battle between young lawyer, Keera Duggan, and the experienced, ambitious prosecutor, Miller Ambrose. It also references the online chess game Keera plays throughout the trial, which works as a fabulous analogy for the real-life strategies being played out in court. It’s a game within a game, and works really well.
I loved the trial scenes. Dugoni knows his stuff (he refers to himself as a ‘recovering lawyer’) , and I found them riveting.
Altogether a cleverly-plotted five-star read for those who love their thrillers clever, interesting and suspenseful, and want characters they feel they fully understand and can root for (or against).

I have never been disappointed by a book written by Robert Dugoni and Her Deadly Game is no exception. The main character, Keera, has earned a top spot along side Tracy Crosswhite. I like how Keera the lawyer is paralleled with Keera the chess player and the writing just made me feel the two things (lawyering and chess) were similar in strategy although I know nothing about either. In addition, the dysfunctional family aspect was very realistic and highlighted consequences of addiction.
A very good book and I hope there is more coming for Keera Duggan (and her investigator)

I have just finished reading The Deadly Game, by Robert Dugoni.

This is a story about a Seattle prosecutor Keera Duggan, who is about to play in the big leagues under the shadow of her father who has been a lawyer for decades.

It starts off when she is detained by Vince LaRussa an investment advisor who came home one evening after a function to find his wife murdered. Vince is the prime suspect.

I do love a good legal thriller, and court case story, and Robert Dugoni’s newest book does not disappoint.

I also must say also that I thoroughly enjoyed how the storyline intertwined with chess strategies, even though I am not a chess player and know nothing about the game.

Another great book by one of my favourite Authors

Thank You to NetGalley, Author Robert Dugoni, and Thomas & Mercer for my advanced copy to read and review.

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"The truth is rarely pure and never simple" The Importance of Being Ernest - Oscar Wilde

Robert Dugoni writes a complex blend of family drama and legal thriller, set in Seattle, Washington for his latest novel. Keera Duggan had been building her career as a Seattle prosecutor, until her personal relationship with a senior prosecutor, Miller Ambrose, falls apart. A former competitive chess prodigy, this has pushed her into her family’s failing criminal defense law firm to work for her father, Patrick Duggan, aka Patsy, famous for his reputation as the winning Irish Brawler in legal circles. She is far from happy being thrust back into her chaotic and dysfunctional family, their law firm is in trouble with Patsy's alcoholism, he is unable to function and letting everyone down is his norm, jeopardising the business.

Keera now has to establish a reputation as a hotshot defence lawyer in order to save her family, the law firm, her relationship with her father, and her career, to do that she needs a big, high profile client. Her first murder case comes in the form of a successful investment advisor, Vincent LaRussa, accused of murdering his wheelchair bound wife, Anne, at their home, after it emerges Anne suspected him of an affair and wanted a divorce. The stage is set for a exciting courtroom drama, with Keera having to face the challenges of her former colleague and lover, Ambrose, intent on winning at any cost, and despite her reservations, having Patsy beside her at the trial, desperately hoping he would not let her down.

She is helped by an ongoing online chess match with The Dark Knight, the strategies and moves echoing what is happening in the trial, but Keera is concerned by emails she begins to receive from a 'Jack Worthing' that raises concerns about her client, just who is he and is he a dangerous man? You can always rely on Dugoni for a thrilling, complex and well plotted story, and this is packed with suspense and tension, with some surprising twists. Here, the author creates a compulsively gripping character in the chess playing Keera, she has her own personal crises, and is part of a large and sprawling Irish family with issues, they must come to together and support each other if their law firm is to survive. Fans of Dugoni are likely to love this, as are those who enjoy legal thrillers, and the crime and mystery genre. Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.

Please tell me this is the beginning of a new series by Robert Dugoni, not just a standalone novel, because so begins a really good legal thriller!

Keera Duggan sees her defending her first murder case after recently joining Patrick Duggan & Associates, her family’s law practice. Defending a man accused of murdering his wealthy wife, even with little evidence against him, this case is turning out to be seriously complex. The prosecutor on this case is her former boyfriend and current nemesis who would like to destroy her personally and professionally. There’s complex family dynamics at play - working in her dysfunctional family’s law firm is a challenge in itself. Alongside her court case, the former chess prodigy is playing an online chess game with an unknown opponent, and this highlights the parallels between law and chess with the need to strategise and the ability of thinking moves ahead. As the story progresses there are twists and turns in the case, things become increasingly complicated for Keera both personally and professionally, and the tension builds and builds… This is part legal thriller, part legal procedural. And as I said before I am hoping this is the beginning of a series not just a standalone.

Keera Duggan was busy building a career as a Seattle prosecutor when she entered a relationship with a senior colleague. When their relationship ended, she went to work for her family’s criminal defense law firm. She has her work cut out for her as the firm is not doing well. One night she receives a call from Vince LaRussa, a successful investment advisor who needs her firms help. His wife has been murdered and he is being questioned by the police.

Keera rushes to help and comes face to face with her former lover, Miller Ambrose, who has every intention of bringing LaRussa to justice and in the process go up against her in court.

Keera, a former chess prodigy, will use her knowledge of the game, thinking several steps ahead, to help her mount her defense and defend her client. As she and her firm look further into the evidence while receiving emails from Jack Worthing, it becomes clear that there is a deadly game being played. No stranger to games, Keera is up for the challenge.

The beginning of the book was a little too slow for me. I am also not a chess player so when Keera was playing chess, the chess moves where lost on me. Chess players may appreciate this aspect of the book. Around the halfway mark, this book picked up a lot of steam. As the case went to court, I was glued to my seat. I enjoy court room scenes and drama, and this had my full attention. I enjoyed the back and forth as well as the twists and revelations which came out.

Although it was slow in the beginning for me and the chess moves went over my head, I enjoyed this book. I thought the case/investigation/court scenes were interesting and very nicely done. The second half of the book became a real page tuner for me and reinforced why I enjoy Dugoni's writing/books.

Clever, well thought out and interesting.


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I have a read a legal thriller as good as this after long. The story is very engrossing & fast paced and I loved it – a new author to follow now.

Keera Duggan was a prosecutor, who was constrained to join the family law firm founded by her dad Patsy, after her relationship with colleague Miller Ambrose ends. Patsy has built a reputation for himself as “The Irish Brawler” for his bold approach to defending his clients. A case comes their way – that of Vince LaRussa who is accused of killing his wife, and Keera grabs it. Vince’s wife Anne was shot dead, and it was Vince who called emergency services. Vince is arrested in a few days. As Keera digs into the case, she realizes that defending Vince is going to be tough – there are very few other possible suspects. Just prior to her death, Anne had expressed suspicion to a friend that Vince might be having an affair and also enquired with her solicitor on some terms of their pre-nuptial agreement. Keera gets some cryptic mails from an unknown sender, which the connection to the case is difficult to make. Keera is an avid chess player and there are sprinklings of the games she plays online & how she strategizes to win.

I liked the procedural work and the courtroom drama. The pace is very good and I was hooked. Some aspects feel a little far-fetched, and yet they cannot be dismissed as the build-up and context is pretty solid. The only real weak element is the chess moves. This feels strange as I follow chess keenly myself and am an amateur player, but the sketchy moves through the book served no purpose. The character development is very good and I liked the entire family including Keera’s dad & sisters. I loved Keera’s character as a bold, thoughtful, and determined go-getter.

Overall, if you like crime and legal thrillers, this is a great choice. Strongly recommended!

My rating: 4.5 / 5.

Thanks to Netgalley, Thomas & Mercer and the author for a free electronic review copy.

Having really enjoyed the Tracy Crosswhite series by Dugoni, I decided to try this new series. Keera Duggan , the main character, has ended her career as a prosecutor after a break up with her boss. It was messy and Keera almost had to get an order of protection. As a result she has joined her father's law firm-her two sisters are already there. It seems like a step back until when she is the lawyer on call one night and gets a call from a client accused of murdering his wheel chair bound wife. Plenty of twists and turns and a strong female protagonist.

Keera Duggan is a Seattle prosecutor from a tight-knit Irish-American family. When a romantic relationship goes bad she joins her father’s firm and is almost immediately hired to defend a wealthy investment banker accused of murdering his wife. Keera’s famous father Patty (Patrick) is a well-known alcoholic, and she is left to restore the family firm’s reputation.

The case to defend Vincent LaRussa is confusing and convoluted and to make matters worse her former lover, Miller Ambrose is the prosecuting attorney. They had an ugly split due to his controlling ways and Keera does not intend to let him control this trial.

This case becomes even more complicated and extreme than Keera could have imagined and she must take a stand on where her loyalty lies.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the pu
blisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review. I gave it four stars.

Her Deadly Game
by Robert Dugoni
Pub Date: March 23, 2023
Thanks to the author, publisher, and Net Galley for the ARC of this book. I had previously read The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell for book club and loved it. I saw this offered on Net Galley and jumped at the chance to read this fantastic author again. Wow! It opened my eyes to a whole new world of mystery, legal thriller. fiction and suspense. I now have a complete list of books I need to read by this author.
I enjoyed the unfolding of events in this story, and I read slowly so I wouldn't miss a thing. I loved the characters and how well they were portrayed. I am not a chess player so those parts of the story will be more interesting for someone who is. Keera joins her fathers firm and is defending her first murder case. But she doesn't shy away from the challenge. Loved this book! Highly recommend.
An easy 5 stars for me.

Her Deadly Game by Robert Dugoni

Keera Duggan didn't want to join the family law practice so she built her reputation as a Seattle prosecutor. That career path was torpedoed after a failed romantic relationship with a senior DA. Now Keera is back at her family’s failing criminal defense law firm and even that career path might go down in flames if the family can't keep her alcoholic father from pulling the entire firm down with him.

Keera's claim to fame in her younger days was as a competitive chess prodigy. Her father is the one who fueled that competitive fire and he and Keera had once been close until her father's problems ruined the connection between them. Now Keera has been retained by Vince LaRussa, an investment adviser, whose wife was found murdered in their mansion. To round out the challenge of her first homicide defense, Keera is going up against prosecutor Miller Ambrose, Keera’s former lover and the man who wants to destroy her for being the one that got away.

Chess plays a huge part in this story as Keera uses her chess knowledge to determine how she makes all her moves in life. In her meager off time she has been playing offline chess with a fierce competitor, which seems to help her think through the LaRussa case. There are strange occurrences connected to the case, such as messages from a mysterious Jack Worthing, who seems to be pointing Keera to learn the worst about LaRussa. What we see is that successfully defending a client may be the goal but will success leave one feeling good about the job?

The chess aspect of the story was my least favorite part of it, especially with so much detail about the moves between Keera and her online opponent. My bit of chess playing was so long ago that the moves meant little to me although I think that part of the story would be very interesting to someone who understands the reasoning of the moves better than I did. I do see the connection between chess and the way Keera tackles her job, this case, and her relationships with those around her. If there is another book in Keera's future, I'll be there for it and maybe some of my old knowledge of chess with come back to me.

Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for this ARC.

It’s important to choose wisely if you need an attorney to represent you when you have been accused of murder.

Keera Duggan was building a solid reputation as a Seattle prosecutor, until her romantic relationship with a senior colleague ended badly. She had to leave prosecutors office, and join her father’s firm-Patrick Dugan & Associates-and now she is defending the “accused”, creating “reasonable doubt” if she cannot prove undeniable innocence.

Her first big test will come when she is retained by Vince La Russa, an investment banker worth millions, who may have murdered his wife. And, it will come against her former lover, Miller Ambrose, who is determined to destroy her in court.

How will that play out for the “accused”?

As a former Chess prodigy, Keera is used to strategizing. The game has helped her to consider not just what her opponent’s next move could be, but also the two or three moves which may follow it. This has helped her in her law career, and serves as a way to unwind, after a challenging day.

And, now someone aware of her Chess playing, someone calling themselves “Jack Worthing”, is sending her emails with clues to follow, which may help with the case.

If she can figure the clues out in time….

I have been wanting to give this author a try for quite sometime, so since I enjoy LEGAL THRILLERS, I jumped at the chance to download this stand-alone, by Robert Dugoni.

Part Police Procedural and part Courtroom Drama, there is some repetition which bogged down the middle JUST A BIT. And, Keera is challenged to a game of chess by online competitor, “Dark Knight” which plays out in its entirety throughout the narrative, so the you will be reading about the chess moves will be meaningless to you if you aren’t familiar with the game. ♟

But, there is definitely more to LIKE than to dislike as you get to know this family of “Irish Brawlers” who just happen to practice law. And, like the CBS show, “Blue Bloods” which is a multi generational family of Cops, who meet for a weekly family dinner after solving crime all week- the Duggans will also invite you to their monthly family dinners, after they spend their time, practicing the law.

Whether this becomes Dugoni’s next LEGAL series, remains to be seen, but if it does-I am game to spend more time with them.

AVAILABLE on March 28, 2023!

Thank You to Thomas & Mercer for the gifted copy provided through NetGalley! It was my pleasure to offer a candid review!

Courtroom drama at its best..Very engaging and a perfect display of strategy used by both the defense and prosecution. So riveting and brilliantly examined... The was some what a departure from Dugoni's other works which were more legal thrillers but I really enjoyed it.
Keera Duggan was a prosecutor from Miller Ambrose but when the relationship soured she moved into her family's law practice, led by her alcoholic father Patsy. Now she is the face of the defense and finds herself defending a very wealthy philanthropic man who is accused of murdering his wheelchair bound wife. He is a hard character to read, but she feels strongly about everyone having the right to counsel and she vows to give it her all. When she founds out that the prosecuting attorney is non other than Ambrose, she knows he will go for her jugular and therefore needs to make all the right moves. Dugoni introduces Keera's chess game abilities that she uses to relax while unwinding after long days of building a case. Throughout the book, he sets up actual chess moves that she plays virtually with another opponent. There were a lot of juggling of chess "pieces" that she had to shuffle to get her client acquitted. As Dugoni stated in the afterword, "They told me in law and in chess you strategized not just your next move but for the many moves your opponent might make and how you might combat those moves. Doing this prevented you from being blindsided and helped put together a long-term strategy of how to resolve the game-or a case...Don't focus on the problem. Focus on the solution and how to get it. "This was a clever tool, but not being a chess player I found myself glossing over the specific plays as the underlying message felt obvious.
Much more comes to light as the murder trial continues and though I had figured out the truth, I certainly did not see some of the storms in the teacup. Addiction issues, alcoholism, dysfunctional families, and family dynamics all color the breadth of the book. There is much to love in this fast paced drama, and I spy another series spin off? Fans of Dugoni will not be disappointed!