But in Poisonous, for the first time, she wonders if this time, the truth will kill.

Max believes the truth is always better than lies, that the truth is the only thing that matters to gain justice for victims and their families. If Ivy was murdered, it was exceptionally well planned, and that kind of killer could be hiding in plain sight…planning the next act of violence. But the more Max learns about Tommy and his dysfunctional family, the more she thinks she’s taken on an impossible task: This may be the one case she can’t solve. She travels to Corte Madera, California, with her assistant, David Kane, and is at first pleased that the police are cooperative. This isn’t the type of case Max normally takes on, but the heartbreak and simple honesty in Tommy’s letter pulls her in. Tommy thinks that if someone can figure out what happened to his stepsister, everything will go back to normal, so he writes to investigative reporter Maxine Revere. With too many suspects and not enough evidence, the investigation has grown cold. He’s distraught and doesn’t understand why his blended family is falling apart.Īfter a year, the police still have no answers: Ivy could have jumped, she could have been pushed, or it could have been an accident. Teenaged Internet bully Ivy Lake fell off a cliff, and few people cared…except her mentally challenged 18-year-old stepbrother, Tommy. Poisonous is another winning novel in the electrifying Max Revere series from New York Times best-selling author Allison Brennan. Poisonous: A Novel Show full title Written by Allison Brennan Narrated by Eliza Foss 3.5 / 5 ( 24 ratings ) About this audiobook Teen-aged Internet bully Ivy Lake fell off a cliff and few people cared.except her mentally-challenged eighteen-year-old step-brother, Tommy. Readers may not like Max, but they will admire her. Max’s communication skills and passionate outspoken personality can serve her as strengths and weaknesses, both in the investigation and in her relationships with David and her lover, Det. Grace cooperates with Max in hopes the show’s resources will shed some new light on Ivy’s murder. Local detective Grace Martin has a long suspect list, but no solid evidence to act upon. Ivy’s developmentally challenged stepbrother, 18-year-old Tommy Wallace, wants answers. The deceased, teen Ivy Lake, had a reputation as an Internet bully, and some believe that she drove a high school classmate to suicide. At the outsetof Brennan’s well-crafted third novel featuring investigative reporter Maxine “Max” Revere (after 2015’s Compulsion), Max, the host of a criminal justice TV program, Maximum Exposure, and her assistant, David Kane, make a preliminary trip to Corte Madera, Calif., to determine whether a cold case merits coverage.

Poisonous by Allison Brennan