Creston Mapes
The Crittendon
Files, Book 1
Suspense
About the book:
How Far Would He Go To Keep Them Safe?
It was more than a break-in. More than a stalking. It was personal. When a stalker targets his family, journalist Jack Crittendon must uncover who the person is and what his motives are—if he is to protect the ones he loves. It will lead Crittendon into a world of behind-closed-door secrets and faith gone awry, as does his investigation of a missing pastor, whose apparent suicide is more than it appears.
Each move Crittendon makes weaves him tighter and tighter
into a web of lies, greed, hypocrisy, sin, and danger. He believed he’d never
give in to fear. But that was before. And holding on to his faith won’t be
easy. Nor will keeping his family safe, and ending the terror. Because that
might require him to step over lines he never dared to cross.
My thoughts:
I always read something before bed. On this particular
night it was already late but I picked up Fear
Has A Name and began to read. By the end of chapter one I was completely
creeped out but I just couldn’t put the book down. I should have known better
than to start a Creston Mapes’ book that late at night!
I was utterly intrigued by the emotions this work of
fiction aroused. At the beginning I hated the stalker/intruder. How dare he
invade someone’s home and threaten harm to a helpless mom and her two
daughters! What type of man does that?
We soon find out who this sick person is and then the
struggle begins. The story delves into the idea of showing mercy to one who by
all humanly speaking accounts doesn’t deserve it. It is easy to hate someone
you don’t know but what about that person that you do? What if you’ve grown up
with this person and you know what they’ve been subject to?
Mr. Mapes weaves for us an electrifying, heart-pumping
tale that draws you into the mind of each of the characters. But what sets this
novel apart from other thrillers is that it also makes us consider the mind of
God. Through gut wrenching circumstances the individuals are faced with
decisions that force them to acknowledge that not only is God in control but He
also has a plan that is way bigger than the persons that are directly involved.
This was an amazing kick off to a new series. I’m looking
forward to reading the next book in the series which will be titled Poison Town. In total suspense style, Creston and David C.
Cook Publishers have included the first couple of chapters of Poison Town in the back of Fear Has A Name. Why oh why did I read
it . . . it cuts off at a very critical point and now I’ll have to wait until
February 2014 to read the rest! Can you say ANTICIPATION?!!
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Thank you for the wonderful review!
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