Life Support/Life Everlasting by Robert Whitlow

This author is so good.  I love legal thrillers anyway, and he is just as good if not better than Grisham, Patterson, and the like.

The first book of this 2-book series is Life Support.  Baxter Richardson is pushed off a cliff by his wife Rena, who is shocked to discover that he survives the accident.  Baxter is now in a coma and Rena wants to terminate life support.  She claims that her husband would have wanted that, but the reader knows the real reason Rena wants him dead.  Baxter's husband, the very wealthy Ezra Richardson, wants to keep his son alive to protect his own interests.

Meanwhile lawyer Alex Lindale is sent by her firm to help the Richardson's sort out their disagreements about Baxter's power of attorney.  She ends up representing Rena without knowing the truth about Baxter's fall.  This leads to a "conflict of interest" with her firm and she is fired.  Alex decides to open her own practice.

As this is all happening Alex meets music minister Ted Morgan, whose faith and giftedness on the piano draw her in.  Alex has never had a strong faith but begins to learn more about what it means to trust in God.  She sure needs a lot of help in representing Rena Richardson.

All of these characters and story lines are woven together creating an intriguing plot.  I was racing to the end only to discover the dreaded cliffhanger!  After a few days of impatiently waiting I had book number two, Life Everlasting.  I won't go into too much detail because it will spoil the ending of book one.  Let's just say Rena's lies get more and more complicated and Alex is struggling to keep up with her.  Her relationship with Ted is becoming more serious, and Baxter's life is still on the line.

Water's Edge by Robert Whitlow

This was our book club selection for November.  I hadn't read anything by Robert Whitlow, but in researching books for us to read his name kept popping up.  The book cover said his work was similar to John Grisham, and I'm inclined to agree.  The legal ins and outs of the plot were intriguing, and the character development was great also.

The main character is Tom, a lawyer at a prestigious firm in Atlanta who must return to his hometown to close his father's practice after he passes away.  Tom finds something suspicious in both his father's practice and his supposed drowning death and tries to solve the mystery.  Along the way, his great uncle Elias plays a strong role in leading Tom back to Christ.   I had no clue who the perpetrator was until the very end, and even then I didn't have it completely correct.  

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  I enjoy this type of legal suspense novel anyway, and Whitlow did not disappoint.  I loved the way the author wove scripture throughout the story.  This was my favorite:

Jeremiah 6:16  This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.

Give this book a 10 out of 10!  Can't wait to read another one by Robert Whitlow.