#sherryficklin

Sherry D. Ficklin is one of my all-time favorite authors, and I am so excited to be part of the Blog Tour for her latest, In Too Deep (#HACKER Book 2)! I absolutely love this series, and I think I was even more emotionally invested in this book than I was in the first! I've got all the book and series details for you below, plus my 5-star review of In Too Deep. Thanks for joining me, and happy reading!

One talented hacker.

One dead body.

One explosive secret.

When one reckless night leads Farris Barnett to the dead body of a classmate, she’s as willing as everyone else to write it off as a suicide. That is, until cryptic messages start coming in from someone who knows the truth, and they want Farris on the case. Putting her hacker skills to work, she begins to unravel the life of a victim who might just have been the guiltiest of them all.

Her personal life in turmoil, Farris turns to the only person she can trust to help her get to the bottom of things—a friend on the verge of becoming much more.

Together, they confront a killer with a secret not even she could have decoded.

The biggest bombs, the ones that do the most damage, are the ones you never see coming.

Grab your copy today!

Read an excerpt from In Too Deep:

The water isn’t warm, but it’s not exactly cold either. It’s the temperature of a bathtub you’ve been sitting in for too long. For a moment, I’m too disoriented to do anything but hold my breath. Then dread sets in and I kick for the surface, breaking it for only a second before a pair of hands pushes me back under. I open my eyes, but everything is blurred, bubbles and distortion.

Adrenaline flooding my veins like fire, I thrash and kick wildly, trying to pry his hands off me.

It’s my nightmare all over again. My lungs burn, convulsing with the need to draw breath. I struggle, but I can feel my body growing heavy and I’m sinking, deeper into the bright blue water. The last of my breath escapes in a rush of bubbles, rising to the surface without me.

There’s a sound in my ears. It sounds like the crashing of the ocean, far away and close at the same time.

Don’t let go, a voice whispers.

I want to cry because the voice is smooth and familiar. It’s my mother’s voice.

Don’t let go.

My body shudders, convulsing as it fights to find oxygen. The hands release me, but I can’t find the strength to push to the surface. My legs are stone, pulling me toward the bottom of the pool.

Finally unable to hold it back any longer, I take a breath and water fills my lungs. It’s a pain like nothing I’ve ever experienced. Even as my body rebels against the foreign substance, I slip further and further away.

Don’t let go.

In the dim, fading light, I see Cole’s face above me. I don’t even know if it’s real or just the last, desperate wishes of my mind. I’m not sure how I find the strength, but I manage to reach up, stretching my hand upward in the water.

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Book 1 In the #HACKER series is now FREE on all platforms! So if you haven't already, grab your free e-book today!

Book 3 in the #HACKER series releases in e-book on February 8, 2016. You can pre-order your copy today!

Check out the book trailer on YouTube!

My 5-Star Review:

If you've heard me talk at all aout book 1 in this series, you know just how much I LOVED it. I love the concept behind the series and I love Sherry's writing and her characters and just - everything. Well, book 2 did NOT disappoint me in the least! I kind of wondered how she would continue the series because the mystery in the first book was resolved. I should not have even wondered, because this IS Sherry we're talking about! Silly me... I should have known she'd find a perfect way to continue! There is a whole new mystery in this book, AND a big change in Farris' life - which I'm not going to spoil here for you but which shocked the heck out of me! Not that I didn't like it.... but it did shock me!

The mystery was actually really interesting, even though it was completely different than what Farris investigated in the first book. We delve more into life at school and her classmates, which was kind of nice. There is also even more discussion of the technology she uses in her "hacking" (it's not hacking like breaking into company networks to steal money and such, more like following digital trails, copying someone's hard drive, etc.). I don't want to spoil the thing that was so different here, but I will say I LIKED IT. I LIKED IT A LOT. I also don't want to give any spoilers as to what else happens in the book, but I feel I must say that Sherry *might* have ripped out my heart with this one. Maybe. I'm still recovering, so I can't be sure if there's any heart left in me... and it's been at least two weeks since I finished reading it. (Thanks, Sherry.)

I'm still absolutely loving this series and can't wait until I can read book 3. I'm so looking forward to it! I love Sherry's writing, no matter what type of book of hers I've read, and I highly recommend this series for mystery lovers and anyone who enjoys a good thriller with a little romance thrown in!! Absolute 5-star read for me.