Casey is hiding again—in Memphis this time—but it’s different now. She knows without a doubt that Dylan believes her and is doing all he can to help bring Brent’s killer to justice. He’s become an unexpected friend . . . and even, maybe, something more. Hope makes everything more bearable.
Casey makes a deal with the DA to turn over all the evidence she and Dylan have gathered against Keegan and Rollins—only to discover that the DA is in league with them too. After a desperate escape, who can they possibly turn to now?
Time is running out for Casey, but master suspense writer Terri Blackstock will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the last, utterly satisfying page.
My review:
One of the first Christian suspense novels, if not the very first that I read was by Terri Blackstock. I have read all of her suspense novels she has written over the years, and this series shows she is just as good, if not better, than she was years ago.
This series was different than most series of books I read. The story went on through all 3 books, and all 3 had non stop action and suspense.
In brief, the main character is on the run, accused of murdering her best friend. The guilty parties are actually bad cops on the police force, who are determined to find her and shut her up before they can be implicated. A private detective is also hired by the family of the murdered young man, who ends up falling for the fugitive and she for him.
I knew the truth would come out in book three, but it was fun getting there. I got the book in the mail Monday, and immediately started reading it and did not stop until I finished, and man....what a read it was. This whole series has been awesome, but Blackstock pulled out all of the stops for her thrilling conclusion to this awesome series. Thought the end result was predicable, there were a lot of surprises and plenty of suspense in the book to keep me turning the pages as fast as I could devour the words on them.
The book had a great ending, deserving of this great series. In addition to the suspense and romantic angle, Blackstock also addressed issues of faith, with Casey growing in her newfound faith and Dylan rediscovering his as they both fight for their lives from the very ones that were supposed to protect and serve.
About the author:
Terri Blackstock is a New York Times best-seller, with over six million copies sold worldwide. She is the winner of two Carol Awards, a Christian Retailers Choice Award, and a Romantic Times Book Reviews Career Achievement Award, among others. She has had over twenty-five years of success as a novelist.
Terri spent the first twelve years of her life traveling in a U.S. Air Force family. She lived in nine states and attended the first four years of school in The Netherlands. Because she was a perpetual “new kid,” her imagination became her closest friend. That, she believes, was the biggest factor in her becoming a novelist. She sold her first novel at the age of twenty-five, and has had a successful career ever since.
Recent books include Truth Stained Lies (Book 1 of her Moonlighters Series), and her acclaimed Intervention Series (Intervention, Vicious Cycle, and Downfall). Other recent favorites include Predator, Double Minds, the Restoration Series, the Newpointe 911 Series, the Cape Refuge Series, and the SunCoast Chronicles series.
In 1994 Terri was writing romance novels under two pseudonyms for publishers such as HarperCollins, Harlequin, Dell and Silhouette, when a spiritual awakening prompted her to switch gears. At the time, she was reading more suspense than romance, and felt drawn to write thrillers about ordinary people in grave danger. Her newly awakened faith wove its way into the tapestry of her suspense novels, offering hope instead of despair. Her goal is to entertain with page-turning plots, while challenging her readers to think and grow. She hopes to remind them that they’re valued by God and that their trials have a purpose.
If I Live is available from Zondervan Publishing.
Thanks to BookLook Bloggers for the review copy.
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