False Fortune

by: Twist Phelan

Published by: Poisoned Pen Press (September release)

Reviewed by Amanda Schafer

(Fourth in the Pinnacle Peak Mystery series)

Before she can blink, Hannah Dain of Dain and Daughters Law Firm finds herself maneuvering down an embankment to help the woman stuck in the car that just flew over the cliff and into the lake below. Fighting memories, fear and soreness, Hannah helps the woman out and hears three words before paramedics take her to the hospital: “….should have died.”

Haunted by this, Hannah then finds herself being named lead counsel for the plaintiff in a case being handled by her sister. But this case was to be quickly settled…Hannah was only supposed to close the deal. What has she gotten herself into this time? Quickly Hannah realizes nothing is safe: her apartment, her life, her family. Through the determination of a new sister, Hannah follows the evidence and discovers more about herself than she ever realized was there.

Phelan’s descriptions of the land and the Indian reservation were absolutely on target and she definitely leaves room at the end for another book in this series.

As the fourth book in the series, Twist Phelan does a great job of continuing the story. These stories must be read in order, however, because if they are not, there are definite pieces missing–leaving the reader to feel as if the story is incomplete.

Armchair Interviews says: Good story that is better if you have read the first three in the series.

Author’s Web site: http://www.TwistPhelan.com