Friday, March 7, 2025

MISDIRECTION by Christy Barritt, Reviewed by Rebecca Maney

 Pros and Cons Mysteries Book 1
 
REBECCA'S REVIEW:
"We have a problem."

Happening upon a dead body wasn't listed on Olive Sterling's job description. Her undercover assignment posing as an External Information Security Analyst inside Conglomerate's headquarters had just gotten dicier. Someone inside the company was allegedly trying to sell off cutting edge technology to a foreign entity. But wait! . . . there's more.

Seeing Jason Stewart again threw the cool and collected Olive off her game . . . for a split second. . . maybe he wouldn't recognize her after nine years? . . . oh, yes he did. How did Jason just happen to be the head of security for Conglomerate. . . would her one and only love become a suspect?

Splicing parts of Olive's past life experiences into her present dilemma moves the story along at an interesting pace. Keeping that connection steady but vague brings short respites to the high stakes game that someone is playing with a extremely dangerous asset; smart dust. There are pros and cons to trusting Jason as an ally, which will it be?

I've just been drawn in to another intriguing series by this author!
*I purchased a copy and was under no obligation to provide a positive review. 3.5 stars
 

BackCover Blurb:
One high-risk assignment. Two dangerous secrets.

As a teen, Olive Sterling's entire family was murdered, leaving her alone and desperate for answers. She’s learned to compartmentalize her loss and trust no one. Now she lives in the shadows, working as an undercover investigator for an elite private security firm.

Her latest assignment seems straightforward: Identify a corporate mole who plans to sell dangerous classified technology to foreign operatives. When Olive runs into Jason Stewart—the only man she's ever loved—at her target company, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble.

With thousands of lives on the line, Olive can’t afford to make a mistake. But as bodies start dropping and suspicions rise, Olive must decide: Can she trust Jason with the truth? Or will exposing the painful secrets from her past prove to be a deadly mistake?

The first book in the pulse-pounding Pros and Cons series, MISDIRECTION is a high-stakes thriller about betrayal, redemption, and the fine line between truth and deception. 

River Heights Publishing, January, 2025

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