by Cindy Leaney
First published 1999
Rudy Baylor, a fresh-faced law student, is recruited by a desperate couple to take on a powerful insurance company. Their son, Donny Ray, is gravely ill, but the insurer keeps denying his claims. Outmatched and outgunned, Rudy must use every trick in the book to battle the corporate behemoth and secure the treatment Donny Ray needs to survive. As the clock ticks, Rudy finds himself in a David-and-Goliath showdown, with a young life hanging in the balance.
Genres: fiction, drama, contemporary, legal-thriller
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: against-all-odds, david-and-goliath
Setting: Memphis (Tenn.)
85 pages · Paperback · Pearson
Content warnings: death