Review: Amazing !!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
Father’s House, by C. Edward Baldwin gripped me immediately and held my undivided attention.  Every time I tried to stop, I picked it up again and finished it in one day because I had to find out what was going to happen next.  This book covers so much: love, deceit, murder, corruption, young innocence lost, and in my opinion, insanity.  The action happens in Duraleigh, NC but reaches to several states.  Duraleigh’s draw for tourism and re-locating families is the fact that it is safe and that all gangs, both adolescent and adult, have been disbanded.  It seems too good to be true and my immediate thought on that was to believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.Father’s House is a home for boys who would otherwise get lost in the foster care system or end up in jail.  It offers after school programs as well as permanent residency for these boys and they are required to perform chores and obey the house rules.  Mayo Fathers founded this home for boys out of a great sense of need to help.  Caleb, an FBI agent, and Ben, an assistant district attorney, lived at Father’s House in their youth.  They fared well, but that may not be the case for all of the boys.Get ready for the ride as the truth about Father’s House comes to light.  Find out what happens to some of the boys who get sent to the basement and how it changes their young lives forever.  You will feel the hurt, betrayal, and raw emotions of the principal players in this action filled, yet true to life thriller.  Corruption is in the offices of the local police force, the mayor, the DA, and all the way up to the FBI.  Be amazed at how many murders related to organized crime go unnoticed or just ignored by those sworn to protect us and how easily the vulnerable youth of society get used and discarded.  Father, Mayo Fathers, and Father’s disciples intersect in the most unexpected way and many will lose their own or their families’ lives trying to expose that connection.  This fact hits home when Ben learns the truth of how Caleb connects to the unsolved murder of Ben’s mother.Money can buy anything and this story proves it.  It is a must read and I recommend it to those who enjoy deception and adventure.  It is not too long so it does not drag, and it is full of surprises and action.  The bad guy is evil and heartless in running his organization and I loved it when he was brought down in his own playhouse.