Saving Emma
A Novel
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4.4 • 184 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A lawyer's race to reveal a wrongful conviction collides with the dark shadow of a murder in his own home in this propulsive and perfectly-plotted thriller from bestselling author of The Life We Bury.
When Boady Sanden first receives the case of Elijah Matthews, he’s certain there’s not much he can do. Elijah, who believes himself to be a prophet, has been locked up in a psychiatric hospital for the past four years, convicted of brutally murdering the pastor of a megachurch. But as a law professor working for the Innocence Project, Boady agrees to look into Elijah’s file. When he does, he is alarmed to find threads that lead back to the death of his colleague and friend, Ben Pruitt, a man shot to death four years earlier in Boady’s own home.
Ben’s daughter, Emma, has lived with Boady and Boady’s wife Dee ever since that awful night. Now fourteen years old, Emma has been growing distant, and soon makes a fateful choice that takes her far from the safety of her godparents. Desperate to bring her home, and to free an innocent man, Boady must do all he can to investigate Elijah’s case while fighting to save the family he has deeply come to love.
Written with energy, propulsion, and his characteristic pathos and insight, Eskens delivers another pitch-perfect legal thriller that reveals a twisted murder and explores faith, love, family, and redemption along the way.
★ "Ambitious, absorbing, and deeply satisfying." ―Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
★ "Eskens brilliantly combines legal and personal drama." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Superb ... another Eskens novel to be savored." ―South Florida Sun-Sentinel
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This utterly absorbing mystery is full of deeply complex characters and unexpected twists. The story revolves around Boady Sanden, an attorney with a nonprofit that contests death penalty convictions, who agrees to look into the case of a mentally unstable man named Elijah convicted of murdering a pastor. As Boady tries to vindicate Elijah, he must also confront how the case opens some deep wounds from his own past. Author Allen Eskens—a defense attorney by training—writes about the law knowledgeably and with exciting detail. Saving Emma is a gripping read that explores themes of life, death, and faith.
Customer Reviews
Great book!
Loved this book! Didn’t see the end coming. Fabulous writing
HE DOES IT, AGAIN!
Another great book by Allen Eskens. Believable and a book that is hard to put down. He has become one of my favorite authors. Can't wait to read another of his books!
Predictable.
Disappointing with a very anticlimactic ending.