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Whom Shall I Fear? 1996 Zondervan Publishing House
On Martin Pool life is sweet for Garrison Reed. A lovely wife, a thriving business, and idyllic surroundings. But
trouble can surface in the best of circumstances—trouble like the waterlogged corpse of his best friend,
snagged on the end of a fish stringer. Trouble like a Southern sheriff who wants to pin the murder on him.
Suddenly, everything's turning sour. How could Garrison have missed his best friend's secret cocaine habit?
Will he nail the killer before the Sheriff nails him? And ultimately, can Garrison solve the crime without
revealing a heartbreaking secret of his own—a secret that could destroy his marriage and drive him to the
depth of depravity as sinister as the evil men he must pursue? (click here for reviews)
On Martin Pool life is sweet for Garrison Reed. A lovely wife, a thriving business, and idyllic surroundings. But
trouble can surface in the best of circumstances—trouble like the waterlogged corpse of his best friend,
snagged on the end of a fish stringer. Trouble like a Southern sheriff who wants to pin the murder on him.
Suddenly, everything's turning sour. How could Garrison have missed his best friend's secret cocaine habit?
Will he nail the killer before the Sheriff nails him? And ultimately, can Garrison solve the crime without
revealing a heartbreaking secret of his own—a secret that could destroy his marriage and drive him to the
depth of depravity as sinister as the evil men he must pursue? (click here for reviews)
Every Hidden Thing 1998 Zondervan Publishing House
It's autumn in tiny Mount Sinai, Texas, where Sunday afternoons are a time for football, leaf raking, and naps.
But this Sunday is different. Strangers in paramilitary uniforms have descended on the peaceful front lawn of
Jackson County Memorial Hospital to rally against the arrival of a doctor with a history of performing abortions.
It's a peaceful protest—until someone starts shooting. Suddenly, with the doctor wounded and an innocent
bystander dead, the eyes of the world are focused on provincial Mount Sinai and the primary suspect, Mary Jo
Reed.
With Mary Jo's liberty at stake, Garrison Reed is at it again, tracking leads from the East Texas piney woods to
the sordid back alleys of New Orleans in a desperate search for the truth. Only this time, the truth has
dangerous roots in his wife's shadowed past, and the truth may not set her free.
Every Hidden Thing is taut, fast-paced reading, with intrigue, action and surprises enough to satisfy the most
discriminating mystery fan. It's also a moving, modern parable about faith, hope and love in an angry world.
(click here for reviews)
It's autumn in tiny Mount Sinai, Texas, where Sunday afternoons are a time for football, leaf raking, and naps.
But this Sunday is different. Strangers in paramilitary uniforms have descended on the peaceful front lawn of
Jackson County Memorial Hospital to rally against the arrival of a doctor with a history of performing abortions.
It's a peaceful protest—until someone starts shooting. Suddenly, with the doctor wounded and an innocent
bystander dead, the eyes of the world are focused on provincial Mount Sinai and the primary suspect, Mary Jo
Reed.
With Mary Jo's liberty at stake, Garrison Reed is at it again, tracking leads from the East Texas piney woods to
the sordid back alleys of New Orleans in a desperate search for the truth. Only this time, the truth has
dangerous roots in his wife's shadowed past, and the truth may not set her free.
Every Hidden Thing is taut, fast-paced reading, with intrigue, action and surprises enough to satisfy the most
discriminating mystery fan. It's also a moving, modern parable about faith, hope and love in an angry world.
(click here for reviews)
They Shall See God 2002 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Christy Award Finalist - suspense category 2003 (you can read about it here)
Little Katie O'Connor is a Christian. Her very best friend Ruth Gold is a Jew. The girls' eyewitness testimony
sends a Jewish man to Louisiana's infamous Angola prison for the murder of an evangelist.
Now it's twenty-five years later, the killer is out, and people are dying again in the strangest ways. Will Kate
and Ruth be next?
Torn apart in childhood by ancient animosities beyond their understanding, Ruth has become an embittered
rabbi and Kate a lonely widow. After cowering for a quarter century behind secret walls of fear and anger, they
can no longer elude the past's unfinished business.
To survive, these very different women must reach out to each other in spite of mayhem and mistrust that
shrouds one vital truth: Sometimes the most dangerous of enemies crouches just inside the human heart.
(click here for reviews)
Christy Award Finalist - suspense category 2003 (you can read about it here)
Little Katie O'Connor is a Christian. Her very best friend Ruth Gold is a Jew. The girls' eyewitness testimony
sends a Jewish man to Louisiana's infamous Angola prison for the murder of an evangelist.
Now it's twenty-five years later, the killer is out, and people are dying again in the strangest ways. Will Kate
and Ruth be next?
Torn apart in childhood by ancient animosities beyond their understanding, Ruth has become an embittered
rabbi and Kate a lonely widow. After cowering for a quarter century behind secret walls of fear and anger, they
can no longer elude the past's unfinished business.
To survive, these very different women must reach out to each other in spite of mayhem and mistrust that
shrouds one vital truth: Sometimes the most dangerous of enemies crouches just inside the human heart.
(click here for reviews)
The Gospel according to Moses 2003 Brazos Press
"Being a conservative Christian at a liberal Jewish temple has never been easy or painless, but I have
accepted the cost because my religion teaches that constructive growth is worth a little pain. (James 1:2) Key
positions of Christianity have been strongly disputed almost every week at Chever Torah by highly intelligent
people who know the Scriptures well and find very different truths there. At first I responded to the challenges
with dogmatic inflexibility, experiencing a range of unpleasant emotions from anger to anxiety. Only God’s
subtle prodding can explain why I kept returning. Then somehow—again, I believe this can only be explained
as an act of God—I found the ability to set aside my preconceived notions and truly hear the new ideas these
Jews tossed back and forth. From that moment on, the people of Chever Torah began to coach me in that
decidedly Jewish pastime: wrestling with God. Now, after years of Bible study among them, I have learned to
think about important things like faith and obedience, justice and mercy, and rebellion and redemption in
Jewish ways, and in so doing I have found deeper meanings within every word uttered by Jesus and his
apostles." (excerpt from the book - click here for reviews)
"Being a conservative Christian at a liberal Jewish temple has never been easy or painless, but I have
accepted the cost because my religion teaches that constructive growth is worth a little pain. (James 1:2) Key
positions of Christianity have been strongly disputed almost every week at Chever Torah by highly intelligent
people who know the Scriptures well and find very different truths there. At first I responded to the challenges
with dogmatic inflexibility, experiencing a range of unpleasant emotions from anger to anxiety. Only God’s
subtle prodding can explain why I kept returning. Then somehow—again, I believe this can only be explained
as an act of God—I found the ability to set aside my preconceived notions and truly hear the new ideas these
Jews tossed back and forth. From that moment on, the people of Chever Torah began to coach me in that
decidedly Jewish pastime: wrestling with God. Now, after years of Bible study among them, I have learned to
think about important things like faith and obedience, justice and mercy, and rebellion and redemption in
Jewish ways, and in so doing I have found deeper meanings within every word uttered by Jesus and his
apostles." (excerpt from the book - click here for reviews)
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River Rising 2005 Bethany House Publishers
Christy Award Winner - best suspense novel of 2006 (you can read about it here)
Booklist Top Ten Christian Novels of 2006
Christian Fiction Review Best Ten of 2006 (you can read about it here)
Christianity Today Best Novel of 2006 - finalist
Audie Award Winner - 2008
AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award
Welcome to Pilotville, Louisiana, 1927, isolated outpost on the Mississippi River—a stilt village bounded by
swampland to the horizon, an island of brotherly love in a sea of racism. Meet Reverend Hale Poser, stranger
with a bad hip come looking for his roots. A humble man, a righteous man, a miracle man. See Hannah
Lamont, new baby daughter to James and Rosa, a breech birth if not for this stranger's touch upon her
mother's belly. She's perfect, and her parents' sweet joy until, suddenly, she vanishes. Who but this stranger
could have done this terrible thing? Who but this man of miracles could see that it's undone?
In the swamp beyond the tupelo and cypress lurks a lingering evil, sleeping on in dreadful seclusion. Then
the reverend silently slides ashore, and it will sleep no longer. It will rain down on Pilotville; it will rise up like a
river, and nothing but a miracle can stop this awful flood. (Click here for reviews.)
Christy Award Winner - best suspense novel of 2006 (you can read about it here)
Booklist Top Ten Christian Novels of 2006
Christian Fiction Review Best Ten of 2006 (you can read about it here)
Christianity Today Best Novel of 2006 - finalist
Audie Award Winner - 2008
AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award
Welcome to Pilotville, Louisiana, 1927, isolated outpost on the Mississippi River—a stilt village bounded by
swampland to the horizon, an island of brotherly love in a sea of racism. Meet Reverend Hale Poser, stranger
with a bad hip come looking for his roots. A humble man, a righteous man, a miracle man. See Hannah
Lamont, new baby daughter to James and Rosa, a breech birth if not for this stranger's touch upon her
mother's belly. She's perfect, and her parents' sweet joy until, suddenly, she vanishes. Who but this stranger
could have done this terrible thing? Who but this man of miracles could see that it's undone?
In the swamp beyond the tupelo and cypress lurks a lingering evil, sleeping on in dreadful seclusion. Then
the reverend silently slides ashore, and it will sleep no longer. It will rain down on Pilotville; it will rise up like a
river, and nothing but a miracle can stop this awful flood. (Click here for reviews.)
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Athol Dickson
author
The Cure 2007 Bethany House Publishers
Christy Award Winner - best suspense novel of 2008 (you can read about it here)
Christian Fiction Review Best Ten of 2007 (you can read about it here)
Imagine a medicine that cures you of your worst vice. One dose and you’re free. How much would a person
pay for such a cure? How far would they go? Would they lie for it? Steal for it? Kill for it? Riley Keep, former
man of God, former missionary, has been a beggar on the streets for years, desperate to forget the past. His
wife, daughter, work, and faith were all lost in the aftermath of one far-flung act of wickedness. Believing some
things cannot be forgiven in this life, lately Riley has begun to think of giving up the ghost. Then he hears the
rumors. Miracles are happening in Maine.
An old woman fleeing a horrific monster, a lonely wife and mother tempted by forbidden desire, an
impoverished lobsterman lured by tainted wealth, a young girl weighing life and death decisions, a small
town cop with a murder on his hands . . . these are just a few of the citizens of Dublin, Maine, a picture
postcard village slowly suffocating underneath an avalanche of hungry people searching for a miracle. But
only Riley Keep will find what he desires. And only then will Riley learn if it will save him, or if it’s true what
people say . . . . Sometimes The Cure is worse than the disease. (Click here for reviews.)
Christy Award Winner - best suspense novel of 2008 (you can read about it here)
Christian Fiction Review Best Ten of 2007 (you can read about it here)
Imagine a medicine that cures you of your worst vice. One dose and you’re free. How much would a person
pay for such a cure? How far would they go? Would they lie for it? Steal for it? Kill for it? Riley Keep, former
man of God, former missionary, has been a beggar on the streets for years, desperate to forget the past. His
wife, daughter, work, and faith were all lost in the aftermath of one far-flung act of wickedness. Believing some
things cannot be forgiven in this life, lately Riley has begun to think of giving up the ghost. Then he hears the
rumors. Miracles are happening in Maine.
An old woman fleeing a horrific monster, a lonely wife and mother tempted by forbidden desire, an
impoverished lobsterman lured by tainted wealth, a young girl weighing life and death decisions, a small
town cop with a murder on his hands . . . these are just a few of the citizens of Dublin, Maine, a picture
postcard village slowly suffocating underneath an avalanche of hungry people searching for a miracle. But
only Riley Keep will find what he desires. And only then will Riley learn if it will save him, or if it’s true what
people say . . . . Sometimes The Cure is worse than the disease. (Click here for reviews.)
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Winter Haven 2008 Bethany House Publishers
Christian Fiction Review Best Ten of 2008
Christy Award Finalist - suspense category 2009
Library Journal Starred Review
Romantic Times Top Pick
Thirteen years ago, Vera Gamble’s brother, Siggy, ran away from home in Texas never to be seen again.
Now his body washes ashore on the tiny island of Winter Haven, Maine. His only surviving kin, Vera travels
north to claim the body—and finds herself tangled in the impossible:
Her brother hasn’t aged a day since last she saw him.
Determined to uncover what happened in those lost years, Vera soon discovers there are other secrets
haunting the island. As legends of lost colonies and a witch bent on vengeance come to life amidst a forest
where no creature dares to live, Vera is hemmed in by unearthly fog and distrusted by the locals. Her only help
is the mysterious owner of a grand but dilapidated mansion poised on a rocky cliff. Will Vera survive her
desperate search for answers or will her quest become yet one more dark Winter Haven legend? (Click here
for reviews.)
Christian Fiction Review Best Ten of 2008
Christy Award Finalist - suspense category 2009
Library Journal Starred Review
Romantic Times Top Pick
Thirteen years ago, Vera Gamble’s brother, Siggy, ran away from home in Texas never to be seen again.
Now his body washes ashore on the tiny island of Winter Haven, Maine. His only surviving kin, Vera travels
north to claim the body—and finds herself tangled in the impossible:
Her brother hasn’t aged a day since last she saw him.
Determined to uncover what happened in those lost years, Vera soon discovers there are other secrets
haunting the island. As legends of lost colonies and a witch bent on vengeance come to life amidst a forest
where no creature dares to live, Vera is hemmed in by unearthly fog and distrusted by the locals. Her only help
is the mysterious owner of a grand but dilapidated mansion poised on a rocky cliff. Will Vera survive her
desperate search for answers or will her quest become yet one more dark Winter Haven legend? (Click here
for reviews.)
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Lost Mission 2009 Howard Books (Simon & Schuster)
An epic suspense story spanning two centuries and brimming with magical realism.
Lupe de la Garza, a simple shopkeeper in a mountain village in Mexico, believes God wants her to go to
America to preach the gospel. She is guided on her quest by her people’s greatest treasure: an altarpiece
painted by the eighteenth century Franciscan friar who founded her village after fleeing the mysterious
destruction of his California mission outpost. When Lupe is distracted by desire for a young minister who
rescues her from certain death in the Arizona desert, and when her preaching in a southern California beach
town inspires only apathy and laughter, she begins to lose faith in her quest. Then the slumbering evil that
destroyed the friar’s Franciscan mission rises up again after two hundred years, and Lupe once more looks
to the altarpiece for guidance, only to find the true purpose of her quest in the midst of her single greatest fear.
An epic suspense story spanning two centuries and brimming with magical realism.
Lupe de la Garza, a simple shopkeeper in a mountain village in Mexico, believes God wants her to go to
America to preach the gospel. She is guided on her quest by her people’s greatest treasure: an altarpiece
painted by the eighteenth century Franciscan friar who founded her village after fleeing the mysterious
destruction of his California mission outpost. When Lupe is distracted by desire for a young minister who
rescues her from certain death in the Arizona desert, and when her preaching in a southern California beach
town inspires only apathy and laughter, she begins to lose faith in her quest. Then the slumbering evil that
destroyed the friar’s Franciscan mission rises up again after two hundred years, and Lupe once more looks
to the altarpiece for guidance, only to find the true purpose of her quest in the midst of her single greatest fear.
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