Heaven Is High, Kate Wilhelm
Heaven Is High, Kate Wilhelm
List: $19.95 | Sale: $13.97
Club: $9.97

Heaven Is High
A Barbara Holloway Novel

Author: Kate Wilhelm

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2011


Synopsis

Barbara Holloway is a lowkey attorney in Eugene, Oregon, who left her fathers highpowered firm to handle small legal problems for local residents and ponder her next move. But while trying to sort out her own future, two people, desperate for help, show up on her doorstep: former pro football player Martin Owens and his wife, Binnie. Binnie, who is mute, met her husband when she sneaked aboard his boat while it was docked in Haiti and smuggled herself into the US. Now Immigration is seeking to deport her back to Haiti, which would be a death sentence. Born to a woman from Belize who was kidnapped and enslaved by pirates, Binnies only hope is to prove her and her mothers real identity. With only days to find the truth and protect Binnie, Holloway sets off for Belize. But what she knows is only the tip of the iceberg in what turns out to be one of her most complex, compelling, and dangerous cases yet.

About Kate Wilhelm

Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018) was the bestselling author of dozens of novels and short-story collections. Among her novels are the popular courtroom thrillers featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. Her other works include the science fiction classic Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cherie on December 28, 2017

I have gotten out of sequence with the BH series books, but it did not lessen the enjoyment of the story. Like Barbara, I was not sure where Belize was either. I had to stop and look it up before I could continue. I loved the James Bond feel of the story, especially the mysterious yacht owner. As al......more

Goodreads review by Kris on July 18, 2012

I read all of the Barbara Holloway books as well as everything else Kate Wilhelm has written over the years. I've always been impressed with that special something that separates her stories from anyone else's. For me, Heaven is High was quite a treat, since not only does part of it take place in my......more

Goodreads review by Vannessa on December 21, 2020

Barbara Holloway, Esq., is visited by Martin Owens and his wife Binnie; Binnie, a mute, is threaten with deportation. The couple wants Barbara to help them reverse the deportation orders. The case takes Barbara from Eugene, Oregon to Belize. Binnie had been born to a woman who had been kidnapped at s......more

Goodreads review by Robert on June 11, 2019

This was a very good legal thriller that suffered from one false plot point. The author has gone on record to state that she outlines her books from start to finish before she writes the actual manuscript. This novel illustrates the perils of that method of working; at one point in the book the auth......more