Emily Covington has been sober for two years and life for the Covingtons is almost back to normal; but Barbara is still afraid that her daughter will relapse. Emily is still dealing with the rumors about her past; and what she wants most is just to be out of the spotlight. But when she finds a bomb under her car and people start being murdered, Emily exposes a connection that has all eyes on her once again. After hearing a conversation about an Alfred Hitchcock movie and a plan for double murder, Emily is now a suspect. Will she be able to prove her innocence? Or will these events lead to her downfall?
“Downfall” is the much-anticipated ending to Terri Blackstock’s Intervention series. In Intervention, we were introduced to the Covingtons. The intensity of the story, Terri’s fast-paced writing style, and the realistic characters made the first two novels impossible to put down; so I was sure “Downfall” would be great. It definitely did not disappoint! Once again, Terri has written a novel that can be classified as “up-all-night fiction”. “Downfall” has all of the intensity of “Intervention” and “Vicious Cycle” and more. I hung on every word and had already guessed one of the twists, only to be surprised by yet another twist!
On top of that intensity, Terri has an exceptional writing style that has just enough detail to put the reader into the story, but does not go into unnecessary detail that takes up space. This makes the novel very fast-paced and intense and never lets go of the reader’s attention.
Terri did an excellent job at continuing to develop the characters that had already become so real to the readers. Emily has made a complete turn-around and has managed to stay sober for two years; so the Emily that we see in “Downfall” is completely different than the Emily from the first two books. Tension arises as the reader wonders if Emily will eventually relapse—especially since she is being accused of murder.
Fans of Terri Blackstock will be very pleased with her ending to the “Intervention” series; and with the whole series now available, it is a great time for new readers to begin this great series!
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