Kate Wilhelm

Heaven Is High Kate Wilhelm

Barbara Holloway, a low-key attorney in Eugene, Oregon, left her father's high-powered firm to handle small legal problems for local residents and ponder her own next move. But while trying to sort out her own future, two desperate people 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 in Haiti and smuggled herself into the U. S. Now Immigration is seeking to deport her, which would be a death sentence. Born to a woman from Belize who was kidnapped and enslaved by pirates, Binnie's only hope is to prove her and her mother's real identity. With only days to find the truth, 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.