Review – Critical Reaction

Todd M. Johnson in her new book, Critical Reaction” published by Bethany House Publishers takes us into the life of Kieran Mullaney.

From the Back Cover:  When a Warning Siren Screams in the Desert Night, the Worst Has Happened

After turning out plutonium for the Cold War, the shuttered Hanford Nuclear Facility’s poisoned buildings may be a bigger risk than ever. The men who guard the facility from sabotage or monitor its buildings are told the dangers are under control. But then the worst happens–a thunderous explosion in the dead of night.

Kieran Mullaney survived the blast, but when threats and silence meet his attempts to discover what really happened, he reconnects with an old friend–inexperienced lawyer Emily Hart. Convinced Hanford is hiding something, they also realize their case is sunk without more help.

Emily’s estranged father, Ryan, has the courtroom experience they need, but he’s grown jaded and weary of the profession. Still, it’s a chance to rebuild ties to Emily, and the deeper he digs, the stranger–and more dangerous–the case gets.

Considering what is happening in Japan with their nuclear power plant and the amount of power plants that are, supposedly, closing across the U.S., especially in California, the story portrayed in this book might just as well be tomorrow’s headlines.   What happens when a corporation is no longer interested in the people they are supposed to serve but solely in lining their own pockets?  What happens when a small group of individuals decide to clash with that corporation to find the truth of their involvement?  “Critical Reaction” is a page-turner, action, suspense thriller.  Kieran and his friends lives are in deadly danger as they try to sort out the lies and deceptions and stay one step ahead of being killed.  Don’t start this book late at night because it will be very difficult to put it down.  I recommend this book highly and am greatly looking forward to more from this highly talented author.