My Review - Downfall

5 out of 5 stars

DOWNFALL, book three in the Intervention series by Terri Blackstock was riveting.

The Intervention series continues with the Covington family. 

Barbara has moved her family to Atlanta for two reasons.  One – to put some distance between her daughter, Emily and her druggie friends.  Two – so she can be closer to Detective Kent Harlan, the man she’s following in love with.

Emily is two years sober and has slowly put her life back together.  She’s in college and working at a recovery center, but her mother continues to walk on eggshells around her, afraid she’s going to relapse.

Lance, Emily’s teenage brother, is struggling at his new school.  Treated as an outcast, he wishes they never would’ve moved.  His only friend is April, a girl he’s smitten with.  But when he finds out she’s dabbling in drugs, he’s angered and frustrated. 

Barbara and Kent’s relationship continues to progress, but with all the drama in Barbara’s life, Kent doesn’t want to put too much pressure on her.

What follows is the twists and turns that bring all these scenarios together.  Emily is being stalked by someone who wants her dead.  Lance is doing all he can to protect April from drugs and the guy who is supplying her with them.  Kent works a case that could have ties to Emily’s problems.  And Barbara is struggling to keep her family together.

DOWNFALL is the perfect culmination to the Intervention series.  I loved that the Covington family is center throughout the series.  With each book you learn just a little bit more about what makes them tick.  They are a family passionately in love with and protective of each other, but the trials and tribulations they face continue to test their bonds.  I can’t say much without giving plotlines away.  So, I will just say that it was a fascinating, suspenseful, driven series that is worth investing in the whole set.