A Love that Kills

Robert Petrucelli
Nacoma Publishing (2009)
ISBN 9780615293875
Reviewed by Tracee Gleichner for Reader Views (11/09) 

 

When George Patton is diagnosed with cancer, his family is devastated.  This family man has been a rock to all of them – a fantastic father and husband, and someone that the community and police department look up to.  But, when they realize that the cancer has metastasized to the point of no return they realize it is time to accept the fact that they are going to watch him suffer a painful death.  That is when his daughter, Cindy, takes matters into her own hands.  After heading home to grab his service revolver, she heads to the hospital to help her father leave this world in a peaceful, painless way.  Or did she?

Cindy Patton is represented by David Davidorff, a well-respected lawyer who has to try and find out why George Patton’s daughter really took her father’s life.  What was the motive?  And is there any way he can convince a jury to let this girl go after she shot him in the hospital after surgery, even though his life was going to end soon anyway?

It is clearly obvious that Mr. Petrucelli is a former litigator himself.  The writing is not only clear and concise; he truly brings the courtroom to life, along with all the characters in this wonderful book.  I truly felt connected to the family and to what was going through their minds in regards to their life and how it was crumbling around them.  ‘Truly inspirational’ describes “A Love that Kills” by Robert Petrucelli.

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