SEEDS OF EVIDENCE by LINDA WHITE

SEEDS OF EVIDENCE by LINDA WHITE is not only an exciting thriller but it is a sensitively written novel which is full of biblical truth. I actually read it through a second time as I felt I had lost a lot by reading it too fast the first time!
Kit McGovern, an F. B. I. agent, is spending two weeks' leave at Chincoteague, off the coast of Virginia, when she comes across a boy of about eight washed up on the beach. Although it would have been easy to let the local authorities take the case, she feels she needs to do so in order to obtain justice for this little boy who seems so lonely and lost lying there!
A surfer at the scene helps her drag the body out of the surf and she finds out later that he is a homicide cop who is renting her grandmother's cottage for six months. His name is David O'Connor, and he is taking time off after a shootout where he was responsible for a boy's death. The experience scarred him both physically (his shoulder was shot) and emotionally. He also carries emotional scars from an alcoholic stepfather and a failed marriage. He is used to doing things alone and can't understand how lonely he feels when he is not with Kit, seeing he has known her for such a short time!
Kit, on the other hand , bears scars from being rejected by her mother and then by her ex husband Eric. She feels she wasn't good enough and that is why they left her, and, as a result has lost faith in God, feeling He has left her too!
I love the descriptions of the sea, the bird life, and the scenery. It is in this beautiful and peaceful setting that Kit and David become involved in a case involving migrant workers, illegals, drug running, kidnapping and human trafficking. The story is well told and exciting and the book is hard to put down. The characters and their struggles with forgiveness, relationships, and trust issues are very real. In fact both Kit and David need to relinquish feelings of anger and even hatred before they can get on with their lives. There is such a message here of letting go of one's past, trusting in God's love, and living life with joy and gratitude. I can really recommend this novel.


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