Saturday, January 11, 2025

Downfall by Terri Blackstock

Series: Intervention #3
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Publisher: Zondervan 
Released: February 22, 2012
284 pages

About the Book:

A girl with a questionable past. An Alfred Hitchcock movie. And a plan for a double murder conspire for one explosive ride. Emily Covington has turned her life around after a drug addiction, but her family still has trouble trusting her. Though Emily has committed herself to a year-long treatment program and has been sober for almost a year beyond that, even her mother walks on eggshells around her, fearing she’ll relapse. After her behavior during her drug years, Emily realizes she has a lot to prove. When police discover a homemade bomb under Emily’s car, and she then learns the wife of one of her friends was murdered that same morning, she knows things are deadly serious. But who wants her dead? A conversation she had with two men, an Alfred Hitchcock movie, and a plan for a double murder all conspire for one explosive ride . . . and Emily is the only one who can identify the killer and save the life of the next potential victim. But will anyone believe her? As she frantically works to solve this ever more complicated puzzle and convince the authorities of the truth, Emily finds the focus of the investigation turned back on her. She’s played right into the killer’s hands . . . and he won’t stop until more lives are destroyed.



My Rating & Thoughts:    

4.5 rounded up to 5

I devoured this book and couldn't put it down. After getting to know these characters from books one and two, I was hopeful that with their move to another city, life would calm down a bit, but that's not the case. Emily is being targeted, and Lance is struggling to find friends at the new school. I enjoyed getting the pov of the villain and trying to guess who they were. I was hooked and needed to know how the villain would be stopped. Again, Lance was my favorite character in the book. He was always looking out for others and determined to do what he could to help. My only criticism would be is Emily and Lance were both a bit impulsive and should have talked to Kent or Barbara before acting a couple times but they were better at it in this book than in the previous two and they are still young. It was wonderful to see the change and growth of Emily throughout the series. I am pleased with the way the series wrapped up for the Covington family.
(I purchased my copy of this book; opinions expressed 
in this review are my honest opinion and completely my own.)

 

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