A fine line

Format:

Book

Title:

A fine line

Author:

Herman, Kathy.

ISBN:

9781590522097

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

300 pages ; 21 cm.

Series title(s):

Baxter series ;

Number in series:

BK. 5.

Summary:

When the city council votes to let Thompson Tire Corporation build a plant in Baxter, the town residents begin to speculate that the tire company's lawyer may have had an affair with the married mayor, and when the lawyer turns up dead, Ellen Jones vows to get to the bottom of the scandal and find the killer.

Subject(s):

Married people -- Fiction.

City and town life -- Fiction.

Genre:

Inspirational fiction.

Christian fiction

Fiction

Christian fiction.

Holds:

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Summary

Baxter residents fear upheaval when a regional tire plant announces it's coming to Baxter. Rumor says mayor Charlie Kirby's signature on the deal was influenced by an affair with the tire company's corporate attorney - who dies suddenly after the agreement is finalized. Charlie, a pillar of the community and a father of seven, faces the court of public opinion and the biggest moral dilemma of his life. Meanwhile, newspaper editor Ellen Jones goes looking for a feature story, collides with the brick wall of the late attorney's past - and is stalked by someone pursuing the same track!

Author Notes

Kathy Herman is the bestselling author of 13 novels, including the Baxter series, Poor Mrs. Rigsby , and the Seaport Suspense novels. Her thought-provoking stories are ordinary enough to be believable and extraordinary enough to stick with the reader long after the cover is closed. Kathy and her husband, Paul, live in East Texas and have three grown children and five grandchildren. They enjoy world travel, deep-sea fishing, and bird watching-sometimes incorporating all three into one big adventure!

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

The fifth and final entry in Herman's"Baxter" series (after High Stakes) centers on the violent death of Sheila Paxton, a corporate attorney who convinced Charlie Kirby, mayor of Baxter, to allow the Thompson Tire Corporation to move there despite many citizens' objections. Suspicions arise when a classmate of Charlie's 12-year-old son claims to have seen Charlie kissing Sheila. When Charlie's wife, Marlene, finds out, she shuts down emotionally and tells him that their marriage is finished. As the gossip escalates, newspaper editor Ellen Jones investigates and finds, amid more damning evidence against Charlie, the truth behind Sheila's murder. At the same time, Ellen's own marriage is tested when her husband asks her to leave Baxter for good. Herman's latest is a reasonably good thriller if a bit farfetched. Purchase where the series is popular. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.