Author: Melissa F. Miller
Publisher: Brown Street Books
Publication Date: April 2011
Genre: Legal Thriller
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Description: A skillfully woven plot, surprising twists, and a cracking pace keep readers turning the pages in this gripping legal thriller from a USA Today Bestseller. Downloaded by more than one million readers!
Attorney Sasha McCandless has one goal: Make partner at the best firm in town. Then a plum assignment plunges her into a world of deceit and danger.
When a commercial flight crashes, killing everyone on board, she's tapped to defend the airline. It's her big chance ... high-stakes litigation for an important client. But, as she digs into the evidence, people close to the case start dying.
She discovers the crash was intentional, caused by a smartphone app capable of overriding the cockpit controls. But she's not sure who she can trust with the horrifying truth. She teams up with a federal air marshal, and they race to prevent another airline disaster.
Soon, Sasha finds herself with a brand-new life goal: Stop a madman before he kills her.
My Thoughts: Irreparable Harm was an enjoyable and fast paced legal thriller featuring a likable protagonist in Sasha McCandless, a bright lawyer who is working to defend an airline from the lawsuits that will be coming after one of their planes appear to malfunction and crash into a mountain, killing everyone on board. What starts as a routine query into the employment of one of the passengers quickly escalates into murder to cover up the crash and these people have no problem adding a lawyer to the dead. Sasha has no idea who she can trust when she discovers the crash was deliberately orchestrated.
I liked Sasha and thought she handled herself well throughout the story, though there were some issues with the story. The build-up and tension in the story starts out well and really drew me into the story. The characters were easy to relate to and root for. My issues with the story were due to the rushed feeling of the story’s ending. I was frustrated that after the initial buildup of tension and intrigue in the first 2/3 of the book, everything Sasha and Leo go through to stay alive and figure out this mess, the story gets wrapped up in a matter of a few pages. In addition, there was some eye-rolling on my part at the apparent ease that she takes out professional assassins with her bare hands, as well as disarming a federal air marshal. I felt the author was excessively repetitive in mentioning Sasha’s Krav Maga training, so much I was starting to wonder if this was a novel or an advertisement for a class.
My Final Verdict: I enjoyed the story but I hope that Sasha and Leo grow as characters in the rest of the series and the stories have more focus and relevance.
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of Irreparable Harm from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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