Beverly H. (GainesvilleGirl) - reviewed on 8/14/2016 + 215 more book reviews

In general I liked this book. The authors have done a good job of filling in the backgrounds of all the main characters. The suspense is high and kept me reading until late at night. The story plot was very good, it reminded me a bit of that poor girl who was murdered in DC so long ago, she was a Page too, and the major suspect was a senator. The plot of this fiction story takes off from there and is dizzying in its many possibilities. I agree with another reviewer that this could easily be geared to YA's as well as adults. There is no foul language, etc. and that's a plus.
But that is not to say that the writing is absolutely great. There are just a couple of places where it seems a bit unpolished. The prosecutor, Allison, is terrified by threatening letters and phone calls having nothing to do with the story line. I won't tell anymore for fear of telling too much, but I felt that it makes one question why this was included at all. It's distracting. In other places the authors repeat things they've said before. These are just two things that might have been cut out with more careful editing.
Another thing I found annoying was all the hype from Fox's people. Lis Wiehl works/worked for Fox, so I get it that they want to give her a boost, but it tends to make one wonder if any of these people actually DID read the book. I mean c'mon!! Bill O'Reilly?! Really?
All in all though it was pretty good, and I'm not sorry I took the time to read it. I'm hoping the next one is even better.

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