Lethal Intent by Cara C. Putman

Lethal Intent
by Cara C. Putman

ISBN-13: 9780785233312
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Released: January 12th 2021

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Caroline Bragg’s life has never been better. She and Brandon Lancaster are taking their relationship to the next level, and she has a new dream job as legal counsel for Praecursoria—a research lab that is making waves with its cutting-edge genetic therapies. The company’s leukemia treatments even promise to save desperately sick kids—kids like eleven-year-old Bethany, a critically ill foster child at Brandon’s foster home.

When Caroline’s enthusiastic boss wants to enroll Bethany in experimental trials prematurely, Caroline objects, putting her at odds with her colleagues. They claim the only goal at Praecursoria is to save lives. But does someone have another agenda?

Brandon faces his own crisis. As laws governing foster homes shift, he’s on the brink of losing the group home he’s worked so hard to build. When Caroline learns he’s a Praecursoria investor, it becomes legally impossible to confide in him. Will the secrets she keeps become a wedge that separates them forever? And can she save Bethany from the very treatments designed to heal her?


My Review:
Lethal Intent is a Christian legal suspense novel. There were several areas of suspense: Brandon's group home for foster children is threatened by new legislation; Caroline can't talk with Brandon about the things troubling her at work due to legal reasons, putting great strain on their relationship; and Caroline objects to the way her boss pushes the legal line regarding rushing the testing of their treatments on children. When some of the researchers start dying when they question certain treatments, Caroline's worried for her own safety as she investigates. But it's difficult to track down who, exactly, is the threat.

The main characters were engaging and reacted realistically to events. Caroline's smart, caring, and determined to do the right thing, but she has trouble asking for help. Brandon's past allows him to connect with the foster children, but he has trouble believing that Caroline would choose him, especially as she seems to be putting up walls between them. There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this exciting, interesting suspense novel.


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