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The Martyr’s Song – Ted Dekker
By 2005, Ted Dekker was turning himself into a household name in Christian fiction circles. The previous year had been billed “The Year of the Trilogy” with the release of Black, Red, and White and […]
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Thunder of Heaven – Ted Dekker
Thunder of Heaven was Dekker’s third published novel and the conclusion to his loosely-connected trilogy, The Martyr’s Song. While the connections between Heaven’s Wager and When Heaven Weeps were already tenuous (the latter being the […]
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3rd Degree (Women’s Murder Club #3) – Andrew Gross and James Patterson
The Women’s Murder Club is back! Andrew Gross returns for a second collaboration with James Patterson and this time the story revolves around stopping a terrorist group that’s fighting for economic justice. I’m going to […]
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2nd Chance (Women’s Murder Club #2) – Andrew Gross and James Patterson
After 1st to Die released to poor reviews from critics (but still hitting #1 on the NYT list), James Patterson did what he does best: hand it off to a different author. Andrew Gross had, […]
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1st To Die (Women’s Murder Club #1) – James Patterson
The Women’s Murder Club began because James Patterson got tired of getting outsold by John Grisham on the West Coast. The result has been two decades of novels, a TV series, a movie, and—inexplicably—five different […]
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The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water – Erin Bartels
I read the first chapter of The Girl Who Could Breathe Under Water, then put the book away for a bit. Part of it was to process the magnificent opening. Most of it was because […]
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Heaven’s Wager – Ted Dekker
Ted Dekker has written over fifty books and sold millions of copies, but back in May 2000 his debut novel was just one of a number of books sitting spine-out on the Christian fiction rack. […]
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The Judge’s List – John Grisham
These days, John Grisham sells books on the basis of his name rather than the basis of his stories. While his writing is strongest when he sticks with proper legal thrillers, Grisham has the penchant […]
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When Heaven Weeps – Ted Dekker
In the preface to The Heaven Trilogy, a 3-in-1 re-release that includes Heaven’s Wager and Thunder of Heaven, Dekker remarks that many readers—even those who aren’t fans of any of his other books—find When Heaven […]
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The Lady’s Mine – Francine Rivers
It’s been four years since Francine Rivers last released a novel and longer than that since she’s delivered a historical romance similar to her enduring classic, Redeeming Love. To say that The Lady’s Mine is […]