Bonnie Kistler's "Her, Too," has a fascinating and pulse-pounding premise--assaulted by the very man she successfully defended, lawyer Kelly McCann sets out on a quest for revenge that, at times, is only tangentially related to justice. Kelly's tormentor is brilliant scientist Dr. George Benedict, who has recently been lauded for discovering a cure for Alzheimer's. Faced with his genius and all the good his vaccine could do for mankind, Kelly has to grapple with the impossible question: What do we do with the good work of bad men?

This book has an intriguing cast of characters and a twisty plot, but, at many points, the narrative lacks believability. The characters' motivations aren't always apparent or understandable, so their actions are sometimes not believable or plausible. It seems as though the narrative has many twists that are so forced that the author's hand is clearly visible. Additionally, the occasional switch between close third point-of-view and first person is jarring and, in my opinion, unnecessary.

Overall, this is an exciting legal thriller, but its characters and plot points at times feel unrealistic, which can pull the reader out of the story.

Well written and overall decent but the protagonist makes an awful lot of really stupid choices for a supposedly smart lawyer. And Benedict was a bit of a caricature too, and his wife......I did enjoy the writing style.

Having read and enjoyed Bonnie. Kistler’s previous novels, I was looking forward to reading Her, Too and definitely was not disappointed. The plot revolves around the trial of a renowned physician accused of rape and the female attorney who represents him. The doctor is on the verge of delivering a cure for Alzheimers and is purportedly an upstanding citizen. Without giving away any of the surprises in store, the story continues with several of the prior rape victims conspiring to bring down the doctor.
The characters are well defined and the pace is decidedly rapid and has the reader constantly turning pages in this well written novel. There is a plethora of action, including murders, and an ending the reader will never see coming.
I thank NetGalley and Harper Collins for the opportunity to read and review this book prior to its publication.

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins for the e-ARC in exchange of an honest review.

This is a fun, suspense filled read! Kelly McCann is a criminal defense lawyer whose specialty is defending wealthy men against sexual assault cases. She cut her teeth as a District Attorney who prosecuted all sorts of criminals and made the switch to the defense side once she had her children. The current case that Kelly is working on is representing a brilliant scientist, George Benedict, who has developed a cure for Alzheimer's and has multiple accusations of rape against him. (No worries on the spoilers...this is covered in the first 2 chapters.) Kelly is sexually assaulted herself by her narcissistic client and realizes things must change.

Like so many of us, when we experience a traumatic event, we change as a result of our processing and recovering from that event. I think the author did a fantastic job detailing this process through Kelly's character development and the events that transpire in the book. Also, this is a very suspenseful story that at times had me anxious about what would happen next! I often figure out the endings of mysteries but this ending definitely surprised me!

This is a quick read that I could not put down and highly recommend! Looking forward to publication day!!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC of this legal thriller in exchange for an honest review.

Her, Too begins with attorney, Kelly McCann's, successful defense of Dr. George Benedict who is on trial for raping an employee. Dr. Benedict is seen as a luminary in his field of medical research, seemingly on the verge of curing Alzheimer's disease. McCann has represented Benedict in a number of other instances, which have been covered up by NDAs, leaving little doubt of Benedict's guilt.

We are provided backstory as to how McCann came to represent offenders such as Benedict and how she justifies it to herself, until such time as she herself becomes his victim. She teams up with the NDA women in the hopes of taking Benedict down, endangering all of their lives.

I found the book very suspenseful and exciting and read it one day. While elements of the thriller seem farfetched, the issues of sexual abuse, power imbalances and the flawed legal system are, sadly, very much rooted in reality. I recommend this book to those who enjoy a legal thriller. Warning that there are multiple descriptions of sexual assault.

Her, Too kept me coming back for more. It's the story of attorney Kelly McCann. She's married to Adam, who had an intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke which left him in a vegetative state. She had two children, Justin and Lexie. Adam had his stroke when Kelly was giving birth to Lexie. Kelly was a very successful lawyer. The book centers around her defense of George Benedict who was charged with the rape of Reeza Patel, who was later killed He had also raped Emily, Ashley and Tiffy, but he bought them off and had them sign NDAs.

When George won his case against Reeza, he had a celebratory dinner and invited Kelly. She didn't want to attend but he wouldn't take no for an answer. When she arrived he took her into his study and offered her a drink which was spiked with a paralytic. After he raped her he sent her home in his helicopter. She was so disgusted she threw her clothes away and took a long shower, but she told no one.

Kelly knew George had raped Reeza and the three other women. Bent on getting revenge and justice for Reeza, Kelly came up with a plan. George had come up with a cure for Alzheimer's and Kelly's plan was to destroy him by proving that Reeza had come up with the cure. She employed the services of the three women. Ashley and Emily had worked for him and Tiffy had cleaned the offices. The plan was for Emily to breach the database and change some emails between George and Reeza. Ashley was to distort data and Tiffy was to get into his office, get into his laptop to complete the corruption. The four women met one weekend and did the deed. Then Kelly was going to leak the story to Rick Olsson, a newscaster.

Tiffy was to do her part and send a text message to Emily. That didn't happen. Emily was sure she'd gotten cold feet. So Kelly took it upon herself to go to George's home to corrupt his laptop there. She went with two actors who posed as FBI agents to fool George's wife, Jane, and it worked, or so she thought. It turned out that Tiffy was murdered by having her carotid artery pierced. It was first suspected that her boyfriend did it, but he has an airtight alibi.

Next, Emily was killed by electrocution in her hot tub. Javier/Javi, Kelly's investigator investigated all three murders. Reeza's murder was due to an overdose. It was clear that George's victims were being eliminated. Javi went to Ashley's house to warn her to get out of town, which she did. When Javi filled Kelly in on what was happening, she fled her office, went home, packed bags for her and the kids, picked them up from school and checked in to the Four Seasons Hotel. The only problem was that George was there in Boston where she lived and was staying in the same hotel. When she looked outside she saw police cars. Almost immediately, Jane phoned her and told her that George had been arrested for raping a maid and she asked her to go and help him. She phoned one of her sides and found Javi there. She asked them to come to stay with the kids. When they got there Javi drove Kelly to the police station. There was an ocean of reporters there.

Kelly stood before them and confessed that George had raped her, and that he'd raped Reeza and other went as well. Rick was there. He'd previously told her that he knew she'd been raed by George but she denied it. Now it was all out in the open. And she knew she'd have to surrender her license to practice law. But as far as she was concerned it was worth it. Upon completing her press conference Javi took her home.

When she got home she saw the light on in her bedroom where Adam was. She assumed Todd, Adams aide, was with him. When she got there Jane was there. It turns out, she knew about Kelly and the three women because she had Ashley's phone with their text messages, so she knew something was up. She was killing the women because she believed they threw themselves at George, which, of course, was not true. And then she saw Kelly's press conference so she felt she had to kill her, too. She'd injected Reeza with a mega amount of oxy and she planned to use the same on Kelly. She'd also planned to kill Adam. Kelly had installed an app on Courtney's phone. Courtney was Adam's daughter. The app allowed her to see into the bedroom. She chose that moment to turn on the app and saw what Jane was doing. She phoned 911 and the police arrived. Not before Jane injected Kelly. But an officer saved her with a dose of Narcan.

In the end, George went down for the rapes and Jane was found guilty of murder and attempted murder. Kelly had Adam's feeding tube removed and she watched him slowly die. She took a job recommended by a judge as a mediator. And all's well that ends well.

I was well pleased with this book. The characters were very well developed. The plot was easy to follow and there was just enough suspense to feed my need for suspense. I give it five stars. Excellent book for book club.