Water's Edge - Robert Whitlow

Tom's plan to quietly shut down his late father's law practice runs into an unexpected roadblock--two million dollars of unclaimed money in a secret bank account that leads to a tangled web of lies, theft, and off-shore financial transactions manipulated by powerful men who will do anything to stop Tom from discovering the truth. \n \nA tangled web of lies, theft, and betrayal--one lawyer must determine if that is all his late father left him.\n \nAmbitious young attorney Tom Crane is about to become a partner in a high-profile Atlanta law firm. But first he must clear one final matter from his docket: the closing of his deceased father's law practice in his hometown of Bethel, Georgia. Killed in a mysterious boating accident, John Crane didn't appear to leave his son anything except the hassle of wrapping up loose ends.\n \nBut instead of celebrating his promotion, Tom finds himself packing up his office, having suddenly been consolidated. To add insult to injury, that same night his girlfriend breaks up with him . . . by letter.\n \nReturning to Bethel with no sense of his future and no faith to fall back on, Tom just wants to settle his father's affairs and get back to Atlanta. But then he runs into an unexpected roadblock--two million dollars of unclaimed money stashed in a secret bank account. And evidence that his father's death may not have been accidental. Worse still, a trail of data suggests his father played a role in an international fraud operation.\n \nAlong the way, he meets a woman who is as beguiling as she is beautiful. And her interest in the outcome of the case is just as high as his. She challenges Tom's assumptions . . . and his faith. Now he must decide whom he can trust--and how far a father's love can reach.\n \n- A stand-alone legal drama \n- Full-length Christian fiction novel set in the small-town South \n- Includes discussion questions for book clubs