Guilty Until Innocent: A Novel

by Robert Whitlow

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson

, 2025

Justice has been served . . . unless the accused is innocent.

Life in prison is often a nightmare, but Joe Moore believes he is just where God intends him to be. Twenty-five years ago, while high on meth, he makes one terrible mistake after another, culminating in the brutal murder of a young, influential couple. Today, Joe is a radically different person, thriving in his role as a ministry leader and role model to his fellow inmates.

After being fired from two previous law firms, young lawyer Ryan Clark and his wife, Paige, have settled into a small North Carolina town. Hired by a distant relative, Ryan is committed to connecting with the right clients and handling the mundane tasks while his cousin Tom takes on the high-profile cases.

But when critical health issues land Tom in the hospital, Ryan is forced to take the helm at the law firm--just in time for the town's biggest case in history to be reopened. Joe Moore's niece has been doing some digging and, convinced that her incarcerated uncle is innocent, insists that Ryan relaunch the investigation immediately.

After Ryan meets with Joe, both men receive threats that put their own lives--as well as the lives of those around them--in danger. It appears that together they've pulled back a dark curtain that hides a deeper evil than anyone in town suspects exists. Now they must determine if continuing with the case is worth the risk--and if the cost of proving one man's innocence is too great when the lives of so many others would be placed in mortal danger.

Praise for Guilty Until Innocent

'GUILTY UNTIL INNOCENT is a finely crafted story by a master of Southern legal drama. By turns moving, heart-pounding, and thought-provoking, this terrific tale of redemption and justice will stick with you long after the final page.'

Product Details

• Title: Guilty Until Innocent: A Novel
• Author: Robert Whitlow
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781400344482, 9781400344550, 1400344557, 9781400344475, 1400344476, 9781400344611, 1400344611, 1400344484
• Resource ID: LLS:9781400344482
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-23T13:42:22Z

About Robert Whitlow

Robert Whitlow is a film-maker and a best-selling author of eight legal thrillers. He is also a contributor to a short story The Rescuers, a story included in the book What The Wind Picked Up by The ChiLibris Ring. In 2001, he won the Christy Award for Contemporary Fiction, for his novel The Trial. His debut novel, The List, was made into a movie starring Malcolm McDowell.