Water's Edge

by Robert Whitlow
Hennepin County Library paperback 401 pages
genre: Christian fiction / legal thriller

This was a fun read! Legal thrillers aren't my favorite genre, but this had enough human drama and question-mark moments to keep me reading. I had never heard of this author before; I'll definitely look for more of his books.

Tom Crane is a young lawyer in Atlanta, hoping for a promotion. When he's fired instead, his girlfriend dumps him. From bad to worse, he heads back to his small hometown to close down his father's small legal office. His father died in a boating accident. But as he reads and closes files, a mystery comes to light.

Some of the pieces of the story seemed terribly unrealistic (especially the police work . . . ), but it was a good story.