Stumble & Fall

A Legacy of Silence Book 2

Fiction - Suspense
295 Pages
Reviewed on 04/10/2023
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Author Biography

Amy Rivers is an award-winning novelist, as well as the Director of Writing Heights Writers Association. She was named 2021 Indie Author of the Year by the Indie Author Project. Her psychological suspense novels incorporate important social issues with a focus on the complexities of human behavior. Her novel, STUMBLE & FALL, is the second book in the A Legacy of Silence series. Amy was raised in New Mexico and now lives in Colorado with her husband and children.

    Book Review

Reviewed by Alma Boucher for Readers' Favorite

Stumble and Fall (A Legacy of Silence Book 2) is a thriller by Amy Rivers. Kate discovered a sex trafficking ring in her hometown of Alamogordo. She had lost her position as a school psychologist and opened a private practice. Kate picks up clues from her clients about who the leaders in the trafficking might be. After her father’s death, Kate remodeled her home and turned it into a fortress as a security measure because she was afraid that the sex traffickers would want to silence her. Some people did not want the truth to come out and the knowledge Kate obtained about sex trafficking put her life in danger. Kate planned to open a haven for victims of abuse. These victims deserved justice after everything they had been through. But how far will Kate go to find justice for these women?

The plot in Stumble and Fall is fast-paced and jam-packed with action. Amy Rivers created a dark world of crime, abuse, and sex trafficking. Amy paid attention to detail, and the events were descriptive. It was easy to be drawn into that world and I was hooked from the first page. With all the twists and turns, I never knew what to expect next. There was always a surprise waiting around the corner. The characters were authentic and compelling. Each character had their unique strengths and quirks. Their background contributed to the success of the story. The book was excellently written and can be read as a standalone. It was nothing like what I expected and exceeded my expectations by far.

Rita A.

In this second novel in the Legacy of Silence series, formerly estranged sisters, Kate and Tilly, have reunited in southern New Mexico. When I finished the first novel, Complicit, I put Stumble and Fall on my “must read” list, compelled to continue following the story of these resilient young women who’d endured a tremendous amount of trauma. Now, Kate, a psychologist, has gone into private practice to counsel girls and women who, like her, have experienced sexual violence. I cheered for the sisters in their quests to heal their relationship, find love, and do fulfilling, difficult jobs. Tilly, a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE), was a teenage victim of a local human trafficking ring. I applauded Kate’s determination to identify the ring’s leader and get justice for the victims. I recommend this suspense novel, and the first and third in the series, for the memorable characters risking their lives to stop sexual violence hiding in plane sight in an ordinary community.