Bestselling author, Robert Whitlow, does not disappoint in his latest legal thriller, "A House Divided."
The book opens up, at the graveside of Corbin Gage's ex-wife, Kitty. Corbin is standing there, with his son, Ray, and daughter, Roxy. All three of them are lawyers, but working in different firms. Roxy is working in a big city, multi-lawyer firm, Ray is looking to move up in his career to a larger firm in their small town. Corbin has his own law firm, and he is barely hanging on. Things have spiraled down for Corbin, and he is an alcoholic, but didn't realize it, until Ray and his wife, Cindy, threaten to take away visiting rights of their son Billy, from Corbin.
A toxic tort case falls onto Corbin's desk. Everyone advises him not to take the case. He does. He has wanted Ray to join him in his law firm for quite some time, but Ray didn't want to work with his dad, because of past issues. The tort case involves a huge company, that reportedly was dumping toxic chemicals, and now two little boys have been diagnose with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
The book takes you on a journey, of Corbin fighting his alcohol demon, to wanting to spend time with his grandson, all the while trying to reconcile and make up for his past mistakes with his two adult children. He is really trying, and Ray and Roxy aren't sure if it's true, or just because of the threat of losing fishing trips with his grandson.
Ray loses his job (caught while on the phone with a new, bigger firm - and his wife blames it on his dad). Then, he takes the job at the new firm, only to be let go, because of his dad's toxic tort case. Ray eventually comes to work with his dad.
Roxy helped out Ray and Corbin, and loses her job, because of being associated with the toxic tort case. Can anything else go wrong?
Everyone in town is upset with Ray and Corbin. How will they help the families of the two boys? How will they prevail in this case, where everyone and everything is against them? I was surprised at the ending.
I received this e-book free from the publisher for my honest review.
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