I’ve finished a new novel, The Choice, that will be released in mid-2012. The first part of the novel is set in 1974, a year after the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the United States and is the story of a seventeen year old girl faced with a life and death delimna when she finds out she’s pregnant. The girl’s challenges increase when a mysterious old woman at a gas station tells her that she’s carrying twin boys – and if the boys ever meet, one of them is going to die. The novel spans over three decades in the life of the main character. Writing it was an emotional journey for me, and I hope it will prove to the be same for readers.
Upcoming novel reviewed by Publishers Weekly
Publisher’s Weekly has just released their review of the new Robert Whitlow novel, Water’s Edge. Here is what they had to say:
Water’s Edge
Robert Whitlow. Thomas Nelson, $15.99 trade paper (400p) ISBN 978-1-59554-451-3
Christy Award–winning Whitlow (Greater Love) is a lawyer who knows his profession, as his newest legal thriller shows. Tom Crane is a hotshot young Atlanta lawyer who thinks he’s about to become partner. Instead he gets pink-slipped, and dumped by his girlfriend, giving him lots of time to close out the smalltown law practice of his late father, who died in a boating accident. Circumstances slowly suggest that his father’s death was not an accident; a second man who died in the boating accident has a beautiful daughter interested in the truth behind her father’s death, and she’s also an evangelical Christian. Characterizations are plausible, the mystery develops at a good pace, and the villain’s a surprise. The Christian elements are heavy but not sappy; their centrality in the story will limit the potential audience to those already in sympathy with Christian fiction requirements. It’s welcome relief nonetheless to have Christian fiction that doesn’t center on romance, and Whitlow is certainly a competent writer. (Aug.)
Welcome to the new website!
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