Robert Whitlow offers a great legal thriller with a supernatural twist in “The Witnesses.”
Following the stories of Franz Haus, now 82-year-old retired fisherman Frank House, and his grandson, Parker, the story weaves back and forth between the two men, as well as between Frank’s past and present.
As a young man, Frank used his special ability to see into the future to help the German forces during World War II. Eventually he struggles with his role in the war — and who he’s helping versus who he’s hurting — that he deserts, eventually immigrating to America.
Parker is a young attorney trying to make his mark in the legal world. He doesn’t quite understand the special ability of “hunches” that seems to help his legal decision-making. But along the way he meets lovely photographer Layla and her powerhouse attorney father.
“The Witnesses” is an amazing tale of accepting the gifts God has given you, and using them to the best of your ability and using them for good. It is also a story of dealing with guilt and its long-term weight — and the ability to seek after and accept forgiveness and grace. It is also a tale of love — love for and from God, familial love, and the growing love between Parker and Layla.
Fans of John Grisham or Randy Singer will love “The Witnesses,” which also seems like a cross between a Grisham and Stephen King novel in the secular world, or if Singer met Ted Dekker in the Christian fiction realm.
“The Witnesses” is another great Whitlow novel!
Five stars out of five.
Thomas Nelson provided this complimentary copy for my honest, unbiased review.