The plane ride from hell

Evidence of Mercy is written by Teri Blackstock. Lynda Evans is a young lawyer who hates to sell her plane. Jake Stevens is arrogant, cocky and interested in buying Lynda's plane. On the test flight things turn interesting and possibly deadly for both of them. As they descend back to the ground, the landing gear doesn't come completely down on one side. With Jake at the controls he is trying to land this air craft to where him and Lynda survive. Jake is a pilot for a major airline and he pilots seven forty sevens for a living.

Jake has to make several passes to try nd land the aircraft. Meanwhile, back at the law office where Lynda works an young female client is waiting impatiently for her lawyer to return. It seems her ex-husband violated his restraining order when he tried to pick up his daughter at her day care on off visitation days. The young mother is pacing back and forth asking for her lawyer. Fifteen minutes later, the secretary tells the young mother that there has been an in flight emergency and that Lynda was being admitted to the hospital.

After the crash, Lynda pulls Jake from the wreckage of what was left of her aircraft. She manages to get him out before there is any major damage done to Jake. As the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Bureau of Investigation looks into the crash they discover that one of the hydraulic lines for a main landing gear had been cut. When questioned, one of the things they asked Jake was did he actually perform his pre-flight walk around?

Both passengers had extended hospital stays, it is only that Jakes was much longer than Lynda's. When Lynda wakes up in the hospital, her client is in the waiting room for Lynda. Lynda decides to send the client with her child to her house. She assured her they would both be safe and had her secretary take both mother and daughter too her house. Lynda insisted because she felt guilty for not spending more time on the case nor doing more.

Both passengers had to have surgery the day they were admitted to the hospital and again, Jake was the one who took the time to ensure that Lynda was first. When Lynda woke up from surgery her client and daughter were sitting in the waiting room waiting on Lynda. That is when Lynda had her secretary take her client to her house to ensure the safety of both of them. The client was saying that it wasn't necessary, but Lynda insisted.

When Lynda felt better she went to check on Jake. When she arrived he was very mean and nasty towards every body. Jake by this time had cussed out a nurse and thrown the phone across the room several times in a tantrum. Jake was so nasty to Lynda that she had to go to the chapel to calm down after her visit with him.

Jake had lost one of his legs and his right eye, which was replaced with a glass eye. As Lynda gained her strength she went to see Jake every day. Lynda is advised she has to go to court the next day on an emergency petition for custody of his clients daughter. Lynda arrives in court without her client or daughter and explains that mother and child are in the building but just in a safe location.

Lynda had gone into work one day and was about to leave. Her secretary said she would go get Lynda's car for her. When Lynda's secretary started the car, there was an explosion. Someone had placed a bomb meant for Lynda in her car.

This book is full of crime and intrigue. I really enjoyed the book and the author did a great job with her descriptions. I give this book five stars out of five stars.