Pamela Clare Extreme Exposure

Extreme Exposure

Pamela Clare

Berkley, Aug 2005, $7.99, 352 pp.

ISBN: 0425206335

Denver Independent investigative report Kara McMillan is as tough a journalist as there is. However, inside she has doubts especially when it comes to relationships with men accentuated by the father of her child walking out on them. Colorado State Senator Reece Sheridan admires Kara as a reporter, but also finds her attractive, believing that underneath her armor is a passionate woman waiting for the right man. He wants to be the right man.

As he tries to penetrate her shield, she reluctantly begins to give into the attraction she feels by sleeping with the enemy, a politician. However, the highly ethical senator is soon embroiled in a scandal that Kara needs to report on a nearby Adams County plant brazenly violating environmental laws spewing pollutions into the air and water. As Kara's investigates, pressure on her lover to get her to stop mounts while others go a more direct route to end heir inquiries including killing her if need be.

EXTREME EXPOSURE is a wonderful investigative tale with plenty of red herrings and terrific twists and turns that keep the reader on the edge of their seats. The Denver area is cleverly described so that the audience will think they are a mile high in the Rockies yet the lush descriptions enhances the mystery. With all that clearly the reason this is must reading for the suspense crowd lies in wondering whether Reece is the heroine's friend and lover or her worst nightmare.

Harriet Klausner