Saving Max/van Heugten/376 pages

Danielle Parkman, attorney and single mother, has her hands full with her teenage son Max. After discovering his journal, she takes him to a top psychiatric facility for diagnosis and possible treatment. A violent and fatal incident there puts both her and Max in a struggle with the legal system. She will do whatever it takes to clear her only child's name. The blurb on the cover promises "the best of John Grisham with a feminine twist." I wasn't impressed with the twist aspect. It was spoon-fed to us throughout the book. And while I believe you have to suspend disbelief to some degree with many books (and movies), the actions this mother takes is completely over the top.