It's the second book I read by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed as it's gripping and entertaining.
Good plot and character development, a solid mystery that kept me guessing.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Dark Suspense....
Dark and concerning suspense wandering into the realms of deadly global conspiracy theories and, perhaps, science fiction. Some complex issues are woven into this swift moving tale as Dr Sandy Jones ploughs on with a quest for the truth. Interesting reading.

There's never anything ordinary about a Hilary Bonner novel. There's always something extraordinary enhancing her plots. Taking place against a backdrop of America with rules sanctioned to be broken by the most maverick and unpredictable president of all-time, this is a credibly chilling story.
A long-standing scientific experiment at Princeton University may have discovered something more world-changing than the splitting of the atom. Who is at the heart of a conspiracy to find the secrets of human consciousness and its global applications?
This is a fast and furious rollercoaster of shocks, and twists and turns, and emotional turmoil. A thrilling and highly imaginative novel.

Sandy Jones drops everything (and it's a lot) to head to the US when her old friend Connie Pike is killed in an explosion. Connie had called Sandy, who brushed her off, just before her death and Sandy worries about what she missed. She's an astrophysicist, BBC commentator, and soon to be chancellor of Oxford. Connie was a philosopher/etc. who worked on something called the Research into Consciousness at Princeton. Somehow this turns into. novel about conspiracies. There are bad guys etc. and some very implausible things, Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC, I've been a fan of Bonner but this wasn't my favorite of her work,

How Far Will You Go For A Friend In Deadly Trouble

A background, titled “The Facts,” starts the novel that describes the efforts around the world studying the possibility for the human mind to influence outside events. Then, a short prologue has two men sneaking in to a building and planting a bomb in a file drawer. The first chapter has Dr. Sandy Jones appearing. She is very successful academic media figure with shows on BBC. She is enjoying a Monday afternoon after a good lunch. She just learned that she is being offered the chancellorship of Oxford University. She receives a call from Constance Pike, an old colleague from Princeton where she studied. After some catchup talk, Pike let Jones know that things were happening at her work, RECAP — Research into Consciousness At Princeton, where she worked Professor Paul Ruders. Jones needed to cut the call short and told Constance that she will call her tomorrow at the latest. The next day, Jones learns that there was an explosion at Princeton and Ruders and Pike are missing and presumed dead. She was on a plane the next morning to the US. The novel proceeds from this start.

The main storyline captured my interest as Jones navigates through encounters with MacEntee, an old friend and lover, the police, FBI, and unknown and sinister group to learn what happened to her friends and why. Jones has healthy suspicions of most everyone after her first interactions with them. This aspect added an edginess that helped maintain my interest throughout the entire book.

A major portion of the B-storyline on Jones, Pike, Ruders, and MacEntee occurs early in three flashback chapters dealing with her time at Princeton where she met and became involved with all of the above and RECAP. This section also provides background on all of those characters also. Once the timeline returns to present, the author keeps a deep vein of B-storylines merged with the main storyline. This enriched my reading enjoyment in reading this novel.

There are not any intimate scenes. There is some vulgar language but didn’t raise any concerns for me. I believe that it shouldn’t for most readers. A few instances of violence are described as it happens that adds a more edginess. There is one aspect that may turn off some readers; there are two political references in this novel. This did not bother me at all.

There are only two aspects that distracted from my enjoyment. First, the flashback chapters are needed to understand the deep relationships that were formed then. It became for me a little too slow and gave me the impression that the rest of the novel has a science fiction aspect. Once I finished these chapters, the action speed up so do not let this section discourage you from continuing. The last distractor was a loose end that was not tied up by the end of the novel. On the plus side, I found that I could not stop reading this novel late into the evening and would continue upon waking in the morning. One surprising aspect with this novel, it is very different from her last DI Vogel series.

Overall, based upon my enjoyment of reading this novel even with the two distractors, I rate this novel with five stars.

I received a free e-book version of this novel through NetGalley from Severn House with an expectation for an honest, unbiased review. I wish to thank Severn House for the opportunity to read and review this novel early.