The Advocate's Quandary

Legal Suspense Murder Mystery (The Advocate Series, Book 17)

By: Teresa Burrell

Narrated by: John Bell

When four siblings are ripped apart by the foster system, one determined attorney must face corruption, danger, and deadly secrets to bring them back together.

Attorney Sabre Brown takes on a devastating case to reunite four siblings separated by the foster system. Determined to bring the Winters children back together, she discovers that their original social worker died in a suspicious car crash, and corruption within child services might be to blame.

Her challenges multiply as an obstinate foster parent blocks Bonnie, the youngest, from visiting her brothers, while Storm, the eldest at fifteen, runs away. Sabre’s private investigator, JP, does his best to find her, but just as he gets close, Storm becomes the primary suspect in a near-fatal stabbing.

Sabre faces a terrible quandary. Without Storm, she can’t reunite the family. But if she brings the girl in and the police don’t believe she acted in self-defense, Storm risks incarceration.

Sabre must prove Storm's innocence to restore the family, but as she delves into the files to uncover the truth behind the social worker’s death, she realizes a killer is watching—and may soon make Sabre the next victim.

The Advocate’s Quandary is book seventeen of The Advocate Series. Join Sabre and JP as they solve the advocate's quandary.

©2024 Teresa Burrell (P)2025 Teresa Burrell

Quandary

One of my all time favorites of all the Advocate books. Teresa has a way of keeping you guessing where the story is going. I liked learning about the problem of child advocates in the court system.

Four 1/2 stars

The Advocate's Quandary: Legal Suspense Murder Mystery (The Advocate Series, Book 17), is my eleventh enjoyable read from author Teresa Burrell. A 7-hour 33-minute/295-page legal thriller featuring Sabre Brown as a child advocate attorney. In this book, Sabre is tasked with reuniting four siblings separated by the foster system. John Bell's narration adds to a good book's enjoyment. “I received a courtesy Audible copy and am voluntarily leaving a review." The gifting of this book did not affect my opinion of it. I own 31 of this author's works and look forward to reading more. The Advocate's Saboteur: Legal Suspense Murder Mystery (The Advocate Series, Book 19) is next on my TBR list. I'm on a mission to read all the books I own in the series; they're that good! (RIP Marley, January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

Great story from Quincy ca

I like this Author a lot I’ve read all
Of her books in this series and I look forward to many more , thank you Great job

My Favorite of all!

I have enjoyed all 17 of the novels in this series, but this was hands-down my favorite. I could not wait to find out what was going on with these four children who were not being placed together and how did that youngest child get adopted so quickly! The storyline was fascinating, and I listened to it basically in one whole day! I love all the characters and feel so attached to them and admire the difficult heart wrenching storylines they have to deal with on daily basis. The narrator is good except I have to say the children’s’ voices always sound like an old man, but that does not detract from my enjoyment in any way. Highly recommend. I will be sad when the author completes the series through the letter Z!

Great read highlighting foster care kids

The authors background makes her incredibly knowledgeable on everything & it made for a very heartbreaking yet realistic tale of trying to reunite kids in the foster care system. Really enjoyed the plot & characters. Can be read as stand alone. Good narration.