You are at the pool while your child is taking swimming lessons. You just happen to have a book in your bag. At home, you have a few minutes and brew yourself some chai tea and sit on the back patio while the birds sing and the flowers bloom. Again, you find that book you’ve been reading. That evening, you are waiting for your husband while he plays a baseball game. Ah! That book comes out again. But what book? A good book. Here are my all-time five favorite Christian mystery and detective series.

Whether you have an hour or only a few minutes, it’s time to get a new book, open its smooth pages and plunge into a great story. Or, you may prefer to read books on your tablet, computer, iPad, or phone. Either way, a book will whisk you away to any time, place, climate, or event you want! And you will say, “YES! Summer reading is the best!”

Mysteries are my favorite. Why? When they are written properly, they take me to adventures I could never experience in real life while teasing my mind with puzzles, conundrums, and questions that my curiosity must discover.