REVIEW: ONE WRONG WORD, BY HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN

One wrong word can ruin your life. And no one knows that better than savvy crisis management expert Arden Ward. Problem is, she’s now forced to handle a shocking crisis of her own. Unfairly accused of having an affair with a powerful client, Arden’s life and dreams are about to crash and burn. Then, Arden is given an ultimatum. She has just two weeks to save her career and her reputation.

Is Cordelia Bannister the answer to her prayers?

Cordelia needs Arden’s help for her husband Ned, a Boston real estate mogul. Though he was recently acquitted in a fatal drunk driving accident, his reputation is ruined, and the fallout is devastating not only to the Bannisters’ lives, but the lives of their two adorable children.

Arden devotes her skill and determination—and maybe her final days on the job—to helping this shattered family, but soon, revelations begin to emerge about what really happened the night of the accident. And then—another car crash throws Ned back into the spotlight.

This case is Arden’s final chance to protect her own future and clear her name. But the more she tries to untangle the truth, the more she’s haunted by one disturbing question—what if she’s also protecting a killer?

Gossip. Lies. Rumors. Words like that can hurt you. And Arden knows the reality. Sometimes one wrong word can kill.

 

With breakneck speed, One Wrong Word leads the reader along a circuitous pathway to untangle the truth about a so-called accident.

Arden is trying to make up for a lie that ended her public relations job, but along the way she begins to learn more about that situation and the characters at work to destroy her.

Who are the guilty ones in the “accident” that ended a young man’s life? What part, if any, did the victim play in it all? What role did each marital partner play in the plot?

Back and forth we go, sorting through clues and trying to find answers. A compelling 5 star read.

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