Property of the State
Kiki Swinson

Property of the State is a gritty urban fiction novel from author, Kiki Swinson. This is book three in her Black Market series and picks up the story immediately where book two, The Safe House, left off.

Misty Heiress believes that locking people away in prisons is the new form of slavery. Unfortunately, when she’s arrested and charged with the murder of her ex-boyfriend, she learns that incarceration is worse than slavery. She’s beaten, raped and subjected to illegal medical experiments. Prison brings her to an all time low.

The Black Market series got progressively better and culminates in this, the third and probable final installment. The action is continuous but sometimes unbelievable. Misty is still totally irrational, bordering on ridiculous. The situations she’s in are somewhat believable but her reactions aren’t. The ending is exciting and satisfying. All-in-all this is still a good read and I recommend it to readers of urban fiction. I would like to give it 5 out of 5 stars based solely on the premise, but the unbelievable character reactions force me to lower my rating to 4 out of 5.

My thanks to Kensington Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book. However, the opinions expressed in this review are 100% mine and mine alone.

Starting a series on the third book puts the reader at a disadvantage, but the action almost made up for it. Property of the State is the third book in The Black Market Series. Bad guys abound in this novel, and I found myself rooting for Misty and some of the other inmates for what they had to endure. I believe that there is always some truth in fiction, but I hope that is not the case for this story, though I suspect that it is. Many of the things that were done to Misty and her fellow inmates was highly disturbing. I will admit that the ending was not what I wanted, but I did enjoy the story. I received an advanced digital copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Property of the State is fast-paced, engaging, and darkly suspenseful.
Book 3 is a strong finish to an excellent series.
Highly recommended to readers of urban fiction, as well as those who enjoy a gritty urban domestic thriller.

Thank you for the opportunity to read this book. This is the 3rd book of the series..(which I didnt know it was a series.). I have read books by Kiki Swinson before so when I saw it, I decided to read it. When I read these type of book...I am always screaming why. Why do we miss the signs????? But anyway (sigh). This was a good book. It kept my interest but I think I need to read the other parts of the series to get a better understanding of the main character and to understand why she is so crazy.

Thank you once again

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book

think wentworth and cell block h...
this is about a woman being sent down for a crime she did commit but how she was railroaded into something else...

misty is an abused woman, her boyfriend treats her like sh*t but as yet she hasnt done anything to change anything then one day she fights back and opens a whole mess of worms

her boyfriend had being him an abusive family and they were backed by big drugs company who were out for blood mistys blood

and in prison she falls foul of the prison officers and doctors..what happens next is frightening and wild...

not a bad storyline and one you can see that could happen with dishonest people in charge of these types of facilities

Property of the State is the third book in The Black Market Series and picks up where The Safe House (Book Two) leaves off. It is possible to read this book without having read the prior two books in the series. However, you will have a better understanding of the references and have the ability to follow the plot better, if you read them in order.

Misty Heiress finds herself in quite the pickle now. Misty has had her troubles with the drug cartel, the local gangsters and the FBI. Now the death of her former, abusive boyfriend has come back to haunt her, and she finds herself about to be incarcerated. Everything that she has fought for is taken away from her—her job, the ability to go to school, and now her freedom is on the line.

Unfortunately, as soon as she is incarcerated, she becomes a target of the other prisoners and the corrections officers who should be there to protect her. Unbeknownst to Misty, there are things going on in prison that are beyond her wildest imagination, such as illegal medical experiments on the prisoners.

I had been looking forward to following the story of Misty to its completion. There is a lot going on in this third book, and I found myself rooting for Misty and some of the other inmates for what they had to endure. I believe that there is always some truth in fiction, but I hope that is not the case for this story, though I suspect that it is. Many of the things that were done to Misty and her fellow inmates was highly disturbing. I will admit that the ending was not what I wanted, but I did enjoy the story. Thank you to NetGalley, Kiki Swinson, and the publisher for the opportunity to review this book.

Taken to jail for her ex boyfriend Terrell's murder, Misty is taken to prison. Fearing for her life by her enemies, she lands in the hospital at prison and from there, a medical testing facility, injected with lethal diseases and made a test subject, where unspeakable torture and cruelty at the hands of a sadistic Dr.
Will she and the others survive?
This book was not anything like I thought. You will be turning the pages until the end.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the eARC

Starting a series on the third book puts the reader at a disadvantage, but the action almost made up for it. Bad guys abound in this novel, and Misty navigates unbelievable obstacles and enemies as she reaches an unexpected conclusion.