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When a beloved state senator plunges to his death at Alexa Williams feet in the Capitol Rotunda, the authorities suspect suicide. Although the powerful chair of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was at the center of a controversial new bill to expand hydraulic fracturing, he was also rumored to be ill. Shaken, Alexa tries to move past the disturbing incident by concentrating on work. Shes leading a senate commission on sex trafficking. Plus, shes helping an old college roommate sue a natural gas company for their role in causing her daughters rare cancer. In researching the lawsuit, Alexa becomes embroiled in the high-stakes politics of fracking. As the relationship with her state trooper boyfriend drifts onto the rocks, Alexa is drawn to a charismatic state legislator whos leading an anti-fracking crusade. Then, the police shock Alexa with the news that she could be in danger; shes a witness to the senators murder, not his suicide. When Alexa narrowly escapes a snipers bullet, she must discover why shes a target and who she can trust--before the next shot hits its mark. With Sherry Knowltons trademark mix of feminism, history, romance, and fast-paced thrills, Dead of Spring skyrockets from the fracking fields of the Marcellus Shale to the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster of 1979 to the rolling hills of Tuscany to the halls of Pennsylvania state government. In this suspenseful tale of corruption and runaway greed, Alexa Williams proves, once again, that shes a formidable heroine. The twists and turns will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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