Inadvertent Disclosure

Sasha McCandless #2

by Melissa F. Miller

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Tiny dynamo Sasha McCandless returns in the acclaimed follow-up to Irreparable Harm in this USA Today bestselling series.

It was supposed to be a routine discovery motion. It wasn't.

When Sasha travels to rural Clear Brook County for a discovery argument, the judge appoints her counsel to an angry senior citizen facing a competency hearing. Then she's attacked by a group of environmental activists who mistake her for an oil and gas industry executive. She quickly learns the community is bitterly divided over the issue of hydrofracking the Marcellus Shale and mistrustful of outsiders.

She's eager for her appointment to end so she can leave for good. Then the town's only judge is murdered, and she can't walk away.

As she races to find the killer against a backdrop of small town secrets, back room deals, and corruption, the town threatens to fracture beyond repair.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Legal Thriller, Legal, Mystery Thriller, Ebooks

463 pages, ebook

First published February 4, 2012

About the author

Melissa F. Miller is a multi-time USA Today bestselling author of mystery, thriller, suspense, and romance novels. Formerly a complex commercial litigator, Melissa graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in medieval literature and creative writing poetry and earned her JD, cum laude, from the Duquesne University School of Law, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Law Review.


After fifteen years, Melissa traded the practice of law for the art of storytelling, drawing on her legal background and love of research to craft fast-paced, twisty books for readers who believe light drives out darkness, love is brave, and kind is strong. She writes strong, resilient characters who tackle serious (and sometimes dark) issues and themes with heart.


She is a member of Sisters in Crime, International Thriller Writers, and Novelists, Inc. When she’s not writing, you can find her tending her garden, doing yoga, or drinking coffee. Melissa currently lives outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with her family and their rescues—a cat and a beagle. The cat’s in charge.

Reviews

[theliterateleprechaun · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Niceness isn’t a character trait. It’s a tool. People are nice in an effort to gain something. A person could be pure evil to the core and make the decision to be nice to get his way.”

I love intelligent reads and this one, like book one, demanded all my attention and gave me plenty to contemplate. I loved all the different threads and trying to figure out how they’d all come together. I also enjoyed learning more our legal system and the lengths people will go to keep the truth hidden. This one had a great message about the fear of failure.

I’m looking forward to book 3!

[David Highton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much better than the first book, a more realistic plot as corruption surrounds the rapid growth fracking activity in a rural county in Pennsylvania. Of course, Sasha has to stray again from commercial law into the criminal arena to make the story work.

[Paola · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love a book with a good title, and ‘Inadvertent Disclosure’, the new instalment in the Sasha McCandless series, like its predecessor Irreparable Harm , has a distinctly ‘legal’ flavour right from the outset. Picking up from where ‘IH’ had left off, we find Sascha working for herself after leaving Prescott & Talbott ; she is still dating FBI agent Leo Connelly and practising Krav Maga, a skill which, of course, will come in handy in the course of the story. During an out-of-town court appearance, a judge suddenly hands Sasha a new case, which involves acting for an elderly man whom the county is trying to have declared incapacitated. Of course, the case will turn out to have deeper implications than anticipated, and our diminutive attorney will soon find herself knee-deep in the murky waters of local politics, corruption and the environmental damage brought by the county’s new gold fever: hydrofracking. I won’t spoil the rest, but don’t worry: Sasha is in top form.

The second in its series, ID could easily have suffered from the syndrome of ‘that difficult second novel’ - a phenomenon that also affilicts music and cinema. I must admit that the opening chapters had failed to grip me the way IH had done. ID opens with a flashback - one of my least favourite literary and cinematic devices - involving characters who appear later on in the story. It’s a brave attempt to take it up a notch in terms of experimenting with the narrative structure, but it’s only partly successful, because those particular characters, and their motivations, are extensively described in the rest of the novel anyway. It seems unnecessary. However, Sasha comes into the scene soon enough, and after that, we get a straight, linear narrative and plenty of action: legal stuff, medical stuff, environmental stuff and a couple of dead bodies. Perfect.

I was sceptical, at first, about how Sasha McCandless would sustain our interest outside of the shark-infested waters of corporate law. A large part of what makes IH so interesting is seeing what coping strategies Sasha, as a young, ambitious attorney, developed over the years to function is what is essentially a de-humanised, ruthless working environment, only just surpassed, one imagines, by corporate finance. But, despite Sasha’s newly acquired freedom from Prescott & Talbott, the pace in this second novel does not slacken and there are plenty of legal intricacies to keep the reader busy. By the fourth or fifth Sasha book I am sure that most readers will be absolutely convinced that they have a pretty good grasp of the US legal system. It takes some serious skills to achieve that: to make a dry, often abstruse subject matter so fascinating and to give the reader the illusion of understanding what’s going on. It’s a bit like watching an episode of House MD: for an hour a week, we believe we understand medicine. It’s narrative magic at its very best.

Melissa F. Miller is, unsurprisingly, a lawyer herself. I am sure that there are many attorneys out there dabbling in writing, churning out mediocre novels that either confuse the uninitiated reader or patronise them with mind-numbingly boring law-by-numbers exposition. But Miller, who studied medieval literature and creative writing, is not one of them. Therefore, what she produces is intelligent, gripping legal thrillers which you will want to keep reading until the early hours of the morning, until you see ‘THE END’, safe in the knowledge that you can look forward to another Sasha McCandless book soon (at the time of writing, the third instalment is due April 2012).

If you are new to this author, do yourself a favour and download IH first, and get to know Sasha McCandless. I guarantee that you will not want to leave the fascinating world that Melissa F. Miller has managed to create; the hard work, the pressure, the endless cups of coffee. Above all, you will not want to leave the company of this feisty, formidable lawyer. All I can say is, I can’t wait to read the next one. See you all in Pittsburgh.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was better than the first. Miller seems to have found her groove with Sasha McCandless. More importantly there is less street fighting and more courtroom/legal drama.

This book tackles the complicating world of shale mining and mineral rights. I found the book interesting having worked on some crazy mineral rights deals during my time in commercial title insurance. Naturally, we weren't fighting white collar criminals, but the concerns and effects of mineral rights deals are legit. The book really does a great job of covering what shale mining and land deals can do to a community's cohesiveness.

I'm not sure whether I think Miller is an above average writer, but I'm finding her writing about Pennsylvania to cause me to be nostalgic even though I'm from the other side of the state. I plan to continue reading the series. McCandless is a likable main character, and I find it refreshing that a female lawyer is playing the lead in a legal thriller that isn't straight chick lit.

This book is over 700 pages, but it reads even more quickly than the first book in the series. Don't be intimidated by the length. It took me about 24 hours to finish the entire thing.

[Philippe · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second book in the Sasha McCandless series. There is no need to have read the first book in oder to enjoy this one. The story is mainly set in rural Pennsylvania where a young lawyer gets entangled in a local fracking-related legal case. I always like legal fiction, as this one. I was going to give it 4 stars until the tense final scene in the hospital that got the taste of a bad movie.

[Denise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining second book in this legal thriller series featuring attorney Sasha McCandless.

A few months have passed since Sasha left her high-powered legal office to set up her own shop. Her newest client requires her to travel to rural Clear Brook County for an argument about a lease. While there, she's tapped to represent an elderly man who is facing a competency hearing. All of this leads to her involvement in a sticky situation centered on hydrofracking, shale, and mineral rights. Some very greedy people are determined to circumvent the law to get what they want.

This series has the elements that I am currently in the mood for: action, legal shenanigans and courtroom activity, minimal romance, interesting but stereotypical characters, and a good story.
I got this from Amazon in a 3-book set, so I am off to read the third. Enjoying myself with this series.

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written legal thriller finds petite lawyer Sasha McCandless a bit out of her element. She gets assigned defense duties for a man the county wants to declare incapacitated, then special investigator into the murder of the judge who assigned her those duties. All set in fracking country Pennsylvania. Well plotted, the story includes pros and cons of fracking for oil.

[Marie Richter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely a solid legal thriller, but less excitement and action than the first (which I missed). I also found the framework a tad weak and the ending rushed, but I’ll keep reading through the series.

[Scott Shjefte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting villain sisters make this an enjoyable legal thriller. Second in the series. Obtained a box set of three books for free from Amazon on October 15, 2021.

[Woody · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars rounded up to 4 stars

Second book in the Sasha McCandless series. Sasha is in Springport to file a discovery motion for her client VitaMight. While in court the judge lands her with a cantankerous client for an incapacitation hearing. The town is simmering with the oil and gas fracking arguments, some want it, some don’t.
Then the judge is killed and Sasha is appointed special prosecutor.
It’s an enjoyable legal thriller. I like the fact that the story is so plausible and relevant for today. Melissa Miller comes across as an extremely competent legal writer. The characters are well developed, and we see more of Leo Connelly the boyfriend. Great story, fast pacing , good book. A couple of editing mistakes, but nothing major. I would like to have known what is going to happen to Jed? I thought the first book Irreparable Harm was better. But already bought my 3rd Melissa Miller book.

[Sharon Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am not much of a fan of legal mysteries generally but I downloaded this immediately after finishing the first book of the series. I like the main character very much, she comes through as a very real individual and the legal 'investigations' she gets involved in are so far believable with a storyline that is not overwhelmed by courtroom drama.

Very different kind of plot in this second book and one that particularly interested me as I am from an area where oil and gas leases ... and fracking ... is a big issue.

This is the second book of the series by a beginning author and is one of those rare second books that is equal to, if not better than, the first book. Definitely following this series.

[M.R. Cullen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed Inadvertent Disclosure more than the first one in the series and that's saying something because I really enjoyed Irreparable Harm.

I like the way Sasha and Leo are evolving and the storyline in this story is very timely. The supporting characters were well-drawn and have their own idiosyncrasies that make them easy to remember.

Excellent work and I'm looking forward to starting book 3 in the series, Irretrievably Broken.

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Legal stories are interesting to me. I enjoy understanding the nuances and rules for legal proceedings and when a story also includes action and intrigue the pleasure is enhanced. The characters are realistic, there is conflict and change over the course of the story.

[Elsie Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent. Glad I found Ms. Miller's books to read. Enjoy her take on things and her books are refreshing. Going to read others in this series.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

In spite of the sudden, unrealistic wrap up of the mystery, I enjoyed the story and liked the characters .

[TM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall
We concluded Irreparable Harm with Sasha leaving her prestigious lawfirm to go into private practice. Here is my review of Irreparable Harm. In Inadvertened Disclosure, her story picks up as she is doing a case for another company.
As usual, this series keeps hitting us with new concepts. One of them being Sasha hasn’t taken the ‘I’ll now only work for the under dog’ stance. Rather, she is still doing corporate law, just on her own terms. Corporate jerk to defender of the screwed over is a cliché Miller could have easily fallen into.

The story is well written and quick paced. Like with the previous book, I read this in one seating.

Again, the romance is done right. We have a bit more of it than in Irreparable Harm, but it still manages to avoid derailing the plot. It goes without saying, Sasha and Leo’s relationship is organic, and dare I say, healthy and believable compared to the standard in fiction.

“Your honor, it sounds like Mr. Craybill here isn’t pleased with the appointment. And, frankly, your honor, I have no experience in elder law. That, coupled with the fact that my office is nearly four hours away in Pittsburgh, leads me to regretfully decline your kind offer.”

“It’s not an offer, Ms. McCandless. It’s an order. Old Jed here’ll come around. He might even say sorry for insulting you.” The judge stared at her over his half-moon glasses.

She caught herself before a sigh escaped. “Yes, your honor.”

Characters
Sasha continues to grow in leaps and bounds. She is clearly capable, and her handling of a criminal case as someone who has never practiced criminal law before is impressive.
In addition, Miller seems to be dumping down on the super human feature of Sasha’s character. Retaining her outstanding combat skills while clearly pointing out Sasha knows nothing about guns serves to make the mc more human. I always roll my eyes every time a character happens to be smart, perfect, charming, loveable, strong, handy with weapons, and skilled at martial arts. Did I mention perfect?

I think I would have liked to see Leo in his own element. As it stands, he only seems to exist to act as a body guard, or sometimes as a convenient source of classified information. And I’m not really sure how an Internal Affairs officer is suppose to work wherever he pleases. If he isn’t working in offices, shouldn’t he be investigating other offices on the road?


Inadvertent Absurdities
There are a couple of complaints I have about this otherwise perfect book.
First, the overall picture about who was doing what became confusing. Everything is laid out in a couple of paragraphs in the penultimate chapter, yet it comes across as convoluted, I’m not sure who was buying who.

Some of the concepts, especially where guardianships are concerned seem confusing to me at best. I suspect this has more to do with the author is a former lawyer, and therefore fails to bring it down to mere mortal levels.

A couple of scenes felt too much like deus Ex Machina for my taste. Gloria conveniently just grabbed some evidence she later passed onto Sasha without a reason? And a lawyer who could access files Sasha needed just happened to popup in the last few chapters?

Finally, there are two hanging threads not resolved in this novel. The first was the tragedy that occurred to Sasha’s brother mentioned in book one. A big deal was made of it, then we never heard about it again. Finally, Miller never explains what Drew’s deal is. I’m sure I can figure it out on a second read through, but for now call me bemused.


Favourite Quotes

The games Keystone was playing around the timing of the document production seemed senseless. And, thus far, her review of the e-mails hadn’t shed any light on the issue. She’d seen nothing but e-mails that set forth the mundane minutiae of a typical commercial landlord-tenant relationship: the activation procedure for VitaMight new hires’ access badges; the after-hours heating and cooling policy; a request from the landlord that no one park under a diseased oak tree so it could be removed from the lot; an invitation to a pizza lunch Keystone had sponsored for one of the candidates for county council; the e-mails scrolled across her screen in a seemingly endless parade of irrelevant information. Whatever was there, she wasn’t seeing it.
She finished her coffee and stood looking at the computer screen. Then, she put down the mug and powered off the screen. Noah used to say when you can’t see the forest for the trees, get out of the blasted forest.

We need someone who’s not going to be cowed. Someone who isn’t tied in to the local scene. The handful of attorneys who practice up here have dozens of cases on the judge’s docket. And, you may not know this, but Judge Paulson was being threatened. That’s not to say that the threats were coming from a local lawyer, but they did relate to his docket. The attorneys who practice here have their own agendas. You have no agenda.”
Everyone has an agenda, she thought. Hers was to grow her fledgling solo practice.

Rating: ****.5

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anticlimactic!

That’s how I view the ending of this novel. The author did a great job of building suspense until nearing the end of the story, when she seemed to run out of ideas. I thought that the conclusion of the story was not credible, and that the author was a bit sloppy in her research.

Attorney Sasha McCandless has a client up in Northern Pennsylvania, where shale oil and gas drilling has boomed. She travels to the town for a court hearing on a motion to compel discovery from a recalcitrant attorney who represents her client’s adversary. After her brief court hearing, the judge in the case unexpectedly appoints her as counsel for an elderly man who is fighting with the county over whether he is competent to manage his own affairs. Even though Sasha’s home and office are in Pittsburgh, more than a four hour drive away, she has no choice but to obey the judge’s order.

Two wealthy sisters who were abused by their father when they were young have become wealthy and returned to the town. One of them is the town’s only primary care physician, and the other owns a trucking company. They want to become even more wealthy, and they are engaged in nefarious plans to become so at the expense of many of the locals. They are like puppet masters, pulling strings from behind the scenes. It’s not long before the violence begins, and somebody is shot and killed by a sniper. So far, so good. Unfortunately, the inconsistencies start at about this point in the story.

In Chapter 14 on page #146, for example, the author tells us about the rifle used by the sniper in a murder in the town while Sasha is there to see her client, the old man. A Deputy Sheriff (loose end alert) tells us that the bullet used was a “120-grain Nosler Partition bullet,” and that it is a “really heavy bullet.” Umm . . . not really. It might be heavy for the specific caliber being used, which is implied to be a .257 Magnum, but would not be at all heavy for the much more commonly used .30 caliber rifles that most big game (deer) hunters use. The .30-06 and the .308 Winchester rifles commonly shoot 180 grain bullets and can also shoot bullets weighing as much as 230 grains — almost twice as heavy as the bullet purported to have been used by the sniper. In addition, the deputy also tells us that a “decent shot — not a great shot, mind you — would be accurate from about 100 yards.” Not even close!! The .257 Magnum round is one of the flattest shooting cartridges available to hunters, with an acceptable accuracy out to 650 yards — a whole lot more than the 100 yards (which is pretty close for a deer hunter) stated by the character in the book. This is just sloppy research, and hunters of big game will spot the inconsistency immediately.

All in all, I did not find the story to be particularly believable. The ending was quite abrupt, and multiple loose ends were left dangling (the sheriff, his deputy, the tree-hugger, etc.) It is, however, relatively fast-paced and entertaining, so I awarded four of the available five stars. You might very well like this novel, and I enjoyed most of it.

[Tameka · Rating 4 out of 5]

You would think she would have learned her lesson from the first time. Judge Cook was merciless but at least he gave her the truth at the end of the first book which prompted her to open her own firm. Only this time she suckered into defending an elderly Judge who is very much competent. He pulls no punches and shows others just how cantankerous he can be now that he is retired and up there in age.

This had a great twist and turn because you were sure who the main characters were and even who the incompetent id10ts were. There some parts that made you wonder and question their sanity overall.

Although I was wondering how she got the judge to have the symptoms of someone exhibit signs of dementia. Funny how the younger sister wanted to walk away from the only family she had but couldn't because she was the only family she had left since her father committed suicide and her mother died of old age. In the end, she ended up being alone anyhow. That part was sad. Mister Tall Dark and Handsome Federal Air Marshal is still hanging around and sticking with her. Although he is disturbed about the whole him saying he loves her and her not responding back. I was kind of miffed at him because it was like just because she didn't say it back with all the ducking and dodging she was doing it was like a mortal crime.

I loved how it all came full circle.

[Ken Finlay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sasha McCandless, the workaholic, claw your way to the top, lawyer in a big firm, has given it all up and opened up her own small firm.
Which is a good thing, because she was, in my humble opinion, a self-righteous pain in the ass in the first book - 'Irreparable Harm'. That book was a good read brought down somewhat by the fact that she was difficult to like.
This time round Sasha's got a live-in boyfriend, taken up Yoga, is generally chilling out, but still working hard and, on occasion, quite prickly.
She gets hornswoggled by a judge in rural Pennsylvania and ends up representing an ornery old-timer, Jed Craybill, whom the state wants to be declared incompetent to look after himself and appoint a guardian. He's a crotchety individual with little time for pleasantries, Sasha, or the law - but appears, despite his age, to be mentally and physically stable.
When the judge is assassinated, evidence goes missing, and no-one is telling the whole truth, Sasha finds herself appointed Special Prosecutor into the case.
Within days Jed is in hospital after a mental and physical collapse.
It's at this point that "Inadvertent Disclosure" slips into overdrive with both the murder and Jed's sudden decline solved in a few pages. It's feels rushed.
The final page came as a pleasant surprise!

[Midwest Geek · Rating 3 out of 5]

I listened to the audible audiobook. This isn't a bad book, although I found the plot predictable. I rather liked the main character, attorney Sasha McCandless. I did not read the first in this series, but little depended upon that except for her first meeting with her current lover and unofficial "partner," Air Marshall Leo Connelly. Sasha is appointed to handle a case completely outside her area of expertise, which already seems rather unlikely. Although she is an attorney, this is not a legal thriller. She falls into become a kind of informal detective, essentially abandoning her personal, fledgling law practice in Pittsburg. I found the conclusion unsatisfying, wherein the villains essentially self-destructed rather than being unmasked by Sasha or the police through their investigative efforts.

I had a difficult time getting used to Karen Commins' reading; her voice is rather harsh, and she has considerable difficulties portraying male voices. She also mispronounced a number of words.

I probably will give the successor book, Irretrievably Broken, a try to see whether I would want to continue the series.

[Eli · Rating 3 out of 5]

The 3 stars is a close call but the main character, Sasha McCandless pushes a somewhat contrived story from 2.5 to 3 stars

In the after credits the author credits this book as harder to write then the first due to expectations. Well it didn’t meant met my expectations. The book felt confused. Is it a relationship drama, a political thriller, a murder mystery? Is the main point Fracking with a discussion of environmental issues and the corruption of small town America, or the rights of the elderly? This book is so many things that it does none of them as well as I would have liked. There were either multiple books or a longer one tucked in here. If it were longer though it would need a better villains, they are in a word odd. Their motivation is hinted but not discussed and ultimately they are caricatures rather then characters.

All in it is a mess but a lively one with mostly interesting characters and if the plot is confusing it does keep you guessing. And right in the middle is a feisty 5’ 1” female attorney who I just enjoy. Here’s hoping the next book gets back on track.

[Scot · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoy this legal procedure series for several reasons. The protagonist is a tiny bombshell of intelligence and skill, and she is also a martial arts expert, so although she is just under five feet tall, and people tend to categorize her by her height, she is dynamite both in the courtroom or when thugs confront her in alleys while she's doing investigations.

Sasha is half Irish, half Russian, and she lives and works in Pittsburgh. The author does a great job of integrating the setting and knows it well. Sasha's love interest is a half Vietnamese half Irish federal air marshal. Leo Connelly, she met and worked with in the first book. They became a couple in the process of solving that crime. He ends up helping her again in this one.

The topic of this installment is dear to my heart: how fracking has been affecting the people and communities of north central Pennsylvania, and how big money from oil and gas companies has tainted politics and legal proceedings.

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second in the series. Listening to this just enhances the story. I recommend suspending belief and go along for the ride in this action/thriller. We found this totally entertaining while on a road trip. There is suspense, action, and a little romance.

We enjoyed that Sasha was given a pro bono case by the judge. We didn’t like that he did it knowing she lived 4 hours away. That seems like a hardship just from the get go especially to a single attorney office.

We paid attention to this story line since it involved hydrofracking. We have relatives in this field of business and we’re always willing to listen to sound arguments against fracking. We were happy to see the real culprits were individuals out to make a fast back.

Another great standalone story by author Melissa F. Miller.

[Michael L · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have read and totally enjoyed every book in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. For all their differences, I find Melissa Miller's Sasha McCandless character to be every bit as intriguing as Jack Reacher. They are both addicted to good coffee, they are both combat beasts (in their respective, unique ways), and they each have extreme stature (enormous for him - diminutive for her). Their differences are too numerous to catalog, but they share a common courage and self confidence. I am only on the third book of the thirteen book Sasha series, but I expect to read them all. I would love to see Lee Child (or his brother) and Melissa Miller collaborate to bring Jack Reacher and Sasha McCandless together in one blockbuster story.

[Evelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this less than the first book. The story just didn’t interest me as much and Sasha came across here as a bit too type A for me. For example, the attitude that “Fear of failure was just an unproductive emotion, an excuse for the weak” spoke to me of a kind of unsympathetic machismo, while statements like “you are not going to call your boyfriend like some hysterical female” struck me as oddly misogynistic. I still like Leo and enjoyed the book most when he was involved. I have the next book so I intend to give the series another chance but I’m hoping it won’t be too formulaic. It would be nice to see Sasha take on a more worthy opponent in the courtroom for example. She can’t be the only lawyer outside Prescott & Talbott who prepares for court, can she?

[JigsawGirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sasha's journey into new areas of legal practice challenged her expertise and proved to be intriguing. There were moments of concern that Sasha was playing out of her league.

Leo was mostly placed in the role of being Sasha's sidekick in this book. I didn't feel as though the information Leo acquired added much since Sasha did not have access to that information.

I thoroughly enjoyed the legal arguments that were presented. That was the best part of the book for me.

I felt like after the buildup of anticipation and intrigue of this book, the ending was disappointing. The pieces came together in a very rushed fashion, and then it seemed to end abruptly. The narration was decent. I have to admit that I enjoyed this book more than the first book. 3.5 stars

[Edward Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sasha Delivers Again

Sasha finds herself a 2 hour drive north of her beloved Pittsburgh arguing a Real Estate Contract when she is "Inadvertently" appointed by the local sitting judge as council for the next case on his docket, a elderly incapacitating case.

Sasha soon finds herself in the middle of a murder/ land grab case in The middle of Fracking Country.

Sasha drags along her beau, Special Agent Leo Connolly along ands adds a few more friends to her resource list as she tries to uncover all in Clear Brook, PA.

A nice solid read, recommended.

[Jacob Peled · Rating 4 out of 5]

At times, too many twists can actually detract from a story's authenticity. Although the book was a reasonably pleasant read, it fell short of being truly captivating. I missed that specific, warm excitement of knowing a compelling story was waiting for me at the end of the day. The plot itself was rather thin and lacked conviction. Reading it today, I was struck by the impression that the narrative skeleton could have been drafted by an AI, recycling similar stories from across the web. As a final note, the last two chapters were both dull and unnecessary

[Brad Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Glad I didn’t stop with the first boom in the series.

I read the first book in the Sasha McCandless series and decided to buy the entire collection (amazon offered a package deal). In the first book, I thoroughly enjoyed the detail and character development and Inadvertent Disclosure offered the same level. The book demands engagement and I couldn’t wait to pick it back up when I had to put it down.

[Patricia Wolverton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good legal thriller

I enjoyed this book very much. It is not the greatest legal thriller, but the main characters are engaging with Sasha very likable. The story was with current concerns with our world and the bad guys were pretty despicable. I got really into the story when Sasha was making legal arguments against pretty big opposition. I found the ending satisfying and can't wait for the next installment to this series.