Trial and Error

Author: Robert Whitlow

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Release Date: February 2, 2020

Suspenseful, intriguing, and makes readers cheer for the protagonist!

Eighteen years ago, Buddy Smith’s girlfriend skipped town with their newborn daughter and he hasn’t found them since.  Now a defense lawyer back in his hometown, he often takes cases where one of the parents has fled with a child. 

Gracie Blaylock is the county clerk and coach of the local girls’ softball team.  She and Buddy have been friends for years, but never had a romantic aspect to their relationship.  When one of the girls on the softball team abruptly stops attending practice, the other teammates know that something is wrong and confirm that she has runaway.  She knows it’s not the same as an abduction case but feels that Buddy would be best to pursue it.

As Buddy and Gracie work together to find out what happened to the missing girl, clues start to show up that could lead Buddy to find his own estranged daughter. 

Robert Whitlow has such a great ability to blend faith, suspense, and legality into his stories.  It’s easy to get lost in the story, even when there is not much of a legal thriller aspect.  With cases of parents abducting their own child on the rise, this book fits right in for current times.  I love the rural small-town Georgia setting to this book.  It made me to want to have porch conversations with some of the main characters.  I also loved all the characters throughout this book.  Everyone contained some sort of flaw that was able to improve through the course of the book.  Gracie is such a role model for me, similar to other characters he has written.  No one took a step backwards and it worked out for the better by the end.  We need more books like this in our library today!  I’ve always loved his writing and will continue to read his books!

I received a complimentary copy of this title from the publisher.  The views and opinions expressed within are my own.