Review: "No one can say what makes a particular crime a high profiled one"
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 8, 2013
In FATHERS HOUSE, Ben Lovison thought he'd survived and put behind him one of the worst nightmares life could possibly send his way: his mother's murder. Her brutal death resulted in Ben living five of his teenage years in a "part orphanage and part boy's club" run by Mayo Fathers.It's called Fathers House, and for Ben it's his salvation.Now he's a successful adult. An assistant district attorney in a medium-sized North Carolina city (a fictionalized blending of the Raleigh-Durham area called Duraleigh) that has one of the lowest crime rates in the country, Ben and his beautiful wife are about to become first-time parents - to twins no less.Ben's life is pretty-darn perfect - despite the difficulty of his teenage years - but life is about to throw him another nightmare in the form of a murder case that involves a troubled teenager who lives in Ben's former home, Fathers House. When Ben starts investigating, he finds his nostalgic recollections about the place he once called home are sadly misplaced, and that the seemingly altruistic motivations of Mayo Fathers are nothing but lies.As other people start turning up dead, everything falls on Ben and there's no one he can trust, no one he can turn to for help. That's because the sleepy city with a low crime rate isn't what it seems either. There's a powerful force for evil operating in the undercurrent, manipulating the city, its governing officials, and its police force.If Ben is going to find the answers he needs, then he's going to have to go full-circle, back to his mother's murder, his time with Mayo Fathers, and ultimately, to a life-or-death confrontation that will either save Ben, or destroy him.---About the writing style - it's an indie-published book so if you start thinking the dialogue isn't the sharpest or that the prose isn't exactly lyrical, then my advice is to focus on the story because where the author succeeds is in creating an entertaining tale. On my Kindle there was some inconsistent formatting/editing that might distract some readers, but if you enjoy finding new authors on your Kindle and crime/mystery is your genre then I do feel good about recommending Fathers House for your collection.Reviewer's note: I do not know the author personally, but I was given a review copy by the author. The review itself is based on my own thoughts from reading the book and was not influenced by the author.