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This is book 36 in her Sisterhood series. I have not read any of the other books in that series. While this is definitely readable without having read any of the others there were several times I felt a bit lost trying to wade through the references and history presented. This was a bit of a short book for the content, it felt like everything wrapped up a bit too quick. That being said it was a neat story, I just wanted a bit higher stakes.
In a small Oregon town two young women have gone missing. Both disappearances have been linked to the Spangler family’s business. When the patriarch suffers a heart attack he has an old friend, who he thinks can help uncover what is really going on in his family, called for. Myra will answer the call and bring with her all the help she can use to find the missing girls.
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I am a huge fan, but I got bored with the Sisterhood series a while back but am so glad to get back to them with this book.  This is a well pace suspense that will keep you guessing almost to the very end. 
When Milton Spangler collapses after sipping from a glass of whisky on the cusp of raking his younger son over the coals, he decides to reach out to his old flame Myra Rutledge for help.  Little does he know that Myra is well positioned to offer him more help than he dreamed. Soon Myra and some of her sisterhood show up in the small town of Mountain Valley, Oregon to find that more things are wrong than Milton even suspected. 
Young women with no apparent connection to each other are missing, there is a potential that drugs are being milled and smuggled through the town and since the Spanglers own the town, they are sacrosanct.
As the sisterhood works to pull the clues, poor Milton is in for some very unpleasant surprises. I thoroughly enjoyed the cast of characters and the story line and how it all came together.  I guess I'll be reading more Sisterhood books as they come out.

Backwater Justice by Fern Michaels is a mystery solved by the group of Sisters with a dash of humor and fun. They take the case seriously, but maintain their light heartedness while solving it.

The Sisters are back again. This time, when an old flame of Myra's calls her right after he had an unexpected heart attack, both Myra and Annie fly out to Oregon to investigate.

Milton built the lumber business after his own father died in an accident in the same factory. He was always book smart, especially when it came to numbers. He worked his way up the ladder and eventually bought out the company himself. He married a daughter of a Senator, Patricia, that he met once in Washington D.C it wasn't a love match, but it worked well for them. They had two boys, Benjamin and Oliver.

Patricia wasn't the maternal type with Benjamin, but when Oliver was born she changed her tune fast; doting on his every need. Benjamin always loved going to work with his dad and after college he took over one part of the company. Whereas Oliver used their family name to get what he wanted. Until his partying ways caught up to him and he was forced to work for his father as well.

Right before Milton had his heart attack, he was going to sit down both of his sons and talk about invoices that were much overcharged. Now sitting in a hospital bed, he doesn't know who to trust other than Myra and Annie. While this is going on two girls we're kidnapped near the factory.

Myra has Izzie, and Kathryn fly out to Oregon to do some recon. While Charles and Fergus are back at Pinewood in the war room working from their end. What they find out is shocking!

A definite must read!!

*I received a complimentary copy of this book via NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Thank you to Fern Michaels, Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC. My review is voluntary and all opinions are my own.

Backwater Justice is another book of the Sisterhood. This was a fast paced story. Bringing some of the Sisters together to right a wrong. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I read it in a day and half. Fern Michaels writes these stories that keep me coming back for more.

In this latest Sisterhood case, a young girl goes missing after she was seen getting into a company truck for SEI. And even though the family that owns the company has offered a reward, questions remain as to whether or not they are involved. After all, they do exert a lot of control in Mountain Valley. Then there's the fact that the cops don't seem too interested in investigating her disappearance.

When the patriarch of the family suffers a heart attack, he asks his wife to contact his longtime friend, Myra. Thus, the Sisterhood gets involved in the case. There are obviously some shenanigans going on as some people appear to be agitated for no apparent reason. This turns out not to be a simple case but one where there are multiple mysteries that will come to light with some surprising twists.

I love Myra and Annie, their friendship, their cunning and even their sneakiness. They work well together and play to each other’s strengths. They may appear to be uber rich socialites with too much time on their hands and impulsive tendencies but these ladies lead a highly skilled and very experienced group of women, the Sisterhood, who work together to seek justice and vengeance for those unable to so for themselves.

When Vanessa, a young fourteen year old girl goes missing in Mountain Valley. Rumours and speculation suggest a powerful and rich local family are involved and that Backwater Justice has made sure that any investigation goes away. This is not the first young girl to go missing in the area or to be tied to a company owned by Milton Spangler, an old friend of Myra. The ladies decide it is time to do their own investigating into this matter. The first order of busines is to investigate the Spangler family and their businesses. What they discover is a web of lies, deceit, corruption and betrayal. As they delve into this investigation, each woman uses their unique skills and experience to gain information while not causing undue attention to themselves . They blend in a rather than stand out, with the exception of Annie. She uses her flamboyance, wealth and irrepressible charm to gain information, though she is not above being sneaky or picking a lock.

This book is suspenseful, intriguing and rather entertaining due to the behind the scene machinations of the sisterhood as well as the muddled and chaotic thoughts of the criminals they seek. I highly recommend this compelling book and all of Sisterhood books.

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read this story early and give my honest review

I did enjoy this book but it was a little slow getting going. However, once it got going it was a good story.

One would think a small town would be the perfect place to live and raise your children But that all changes one day when a young woman never makes it home. The search for her begins. It leads to someone seeing what is believed a young woman of her description getting in to a vehicle believed to be owned by one of the richest families in the area. However, while the search is ongoing another young woman goes missing. Oh my! Only time will tell how this action packed story plays out

Another tale in the Sisterhood series, but for me, this one gets off to a much slower start than others. We get backstory on Oliver and Benjamin, brothers who are opposite sides of good and evil. Milton, their father, calls in former flame Myra when women in his area go missing, and the Sisterhood takes over.

This was good, but not one of the best on the series.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book, but my opinions are my own.

When Myra is called by an old friend to investigate his supposed heart attack, she calls in her friends known as The Sisterhood to help. Suspecting the heart attack wasn't caused by his heart, the group is asked to investigate not only the attempt on his life but his businesses where two women have gone missing. No one is prepared for what they find.
I enjoyed the story and loved most of the characters.

Another great sisterhood justice book. In Oregon a young girl goes missing, last seen getting into a pickup truck. The truck had SEI on the door and Milton Spangler the owner offers a $50,000 reward. He calls Myra an old friend after he has a heart attack and her and Anne fly to Oregon to find out what is going on. Milton had found some strange things in his books at the corporation and wants the ladies to find out what is going on in town.
It looks like another is now missing and she worked for the SEI group. There is a lot to investigate so the girls are hot on the trail. I just love the twist and turns of these books and seeing when they have to pay for their wrongdoing.

Backwater Justice
Fern Michaels
December 24, 2024

The Sisterhood returns to rescue women who are kidnapped by a group of men who feel their jobs with Spangler Enterprises do not pay enough. Unbeknown to the owner, Milton Spangler,thinks the very best of his staff. His company has grown to great wealth in Mountain Valley, Oregon. Lately there have been young women kidnapped by these men. The girls come to the inns to work when one is the picked up. It always appears innocent until they are given drugs, knocked out and taken to the laundry area of one of the innś basements. Budgets seem to lose track of the rightful few who are at the ends of why things go wrong. The Sisterhood is called in to help solve the problem.
Backwater Justice will be published on December 24, 2024 by Zebra Books of Kensington Publishing Corp. I was able to read Michaelś´s latest novel via NetGalley. Those who have read the Sisterhood series will welcome #36. If you have not read other feature books in the series Michaels makes the story clear newcomers are at ease when reading one of her works. This is my first and I found it entertaining and a welcome addition to my reading network. Hope you enjoy it as well.

Fern Michaels has such a unique and interesting story telling voice that you are swept up in the story and pulled along with the tough as nails ladies as they find justice again. It has been awhile since I read a Sisterhood book but I was immediately pulled back into the group like no time had passed. The characters are flawed and tough and real and more than a little bad a**. The characters, in particular Myra and Annie, are the heart or the center and the center always holds.
This story was a little bit different, at least in my opinion, from the typical Sisterhood fare as we got more backstory on the Spanglers who were at the very integral to this story. They bad men were even different in this story, I don't think they were inherently bad but they were simply pulled along but their own desires and from there trouble just kept escatating. We watched the wheels come off the entire criminal enterprise with more than a few nudges from our ladies. You absolutely had to keep turning the pages as each page brought a new and exciting reveal that furthered the story. The book was full of action and antics and family and rhinestone cowboy boots.
We even got a bit of a cross over in this story with both a call out and a visit from a character from the Lost and Found story. I loved how he walked the line between good cop and vigilante with aplomb and got caught up in the story. To round out the story, we had a wonderful dog and dogs only add to any story. In this book, even the dog was multifaceted going from emotional support to fierce protector.
I am definitely going to go back and catch up on the missed Sisterhood and Lost and Found books. Fern Michaels writes books that remind readers why they enjoy reading.
Thanks to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I picked a book by the author after long time . I remembered why i didn’t read her books as i don’t like her writing style . This book just seemed to jump all over the place with no details on how/why things were happening

Backwater Justice, the latest in the Sisterhood series by Fern Michaels, is a non-stop thrill ride of a book that sweeps the reader relentlessly through events with a sense of urgency that continues right to the end.
Michaels' superb writing style provides suspense and thrills as the Sisterhood once again pursues its own brand of justice in the face of official blind eyes and entitled behaviour.
This book is escapism at its purist form, and a fun way to spend a few hours.
Thank you for the ARC of #BackwaterJustice to #NetGalley.

This is book 36 in The Sisterhood Series.

Whatever it takes!
The Sisterhood slogan.

This book starts us in the past to bring us to present day Oregon.

Once you get through the “history” of the Spangler Family, the issues around the family are really brought forward.
From kidnappings, to drugs, to affairs, you get a little of everything.

Sadly, not all of the Sisters are featured in this story, but this is a smaller scale operation, and only a few are needed.
The men are not really in this at all.

Myra does share a past with Milton Spangler which causes a few tense moments.

Annie manages to squeeze in some fast test driving of cars with one of Milton’s “son’s” in a fact finding mission. In her rhinestone cowboy boots of course.

I can’t do much more of a review, or I’ll give the entire story away.

Overall this was a quick read, not as in-depth and thrilling as some of the past books though. I do love this series and read this in 2 days.

The book releases on 12/24/2024

This was a 4.5 star read for me, upped to 5 to post

Love the sisterhood series. This book is no exception. The sisters have diverse and different personalities but they work well together to bring Justice to those that are wronged. This one kept you going until the end when there was an unexpected twist. Good read. Can't wait for the next one!

What a great book, completely hooked me from the start! The "sisters" receive a call from an old friend asking them to come and help him understand some unusual things that have been happening in his company and family lately. Once they arrive, things start coming to light and they uncover so much more than they ever anticipated.
The characters are so full of personality and each so unique. The plot had everything from kidnapping, drugs, attempted murder, and deception. This is a fast paced, action filled story. I cannot wait to see what they get up to next.

Backwater Justice
by Fern MIchaels
Pub Date: December 24, 2024
Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
An action-packed, ripped-from-the-headlines story of smalltown secrets from the #1 bestselling author, the latest in the long-running fan-favorite Sisterhood series.
A group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and years of adventure. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right.
Just what I expected! Good read and lots of comedic relief. I enjoyed this quick read and will recommend this 36th book in the series.
I enjoyed them bringing in U.S. Marshall Gaines, nice addition.

Characters, storyline all hold your interest right from the first page. One of the best books I’ve read this season, but exactly what I expected from this author!