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Wilton/Strait mystery #4
Silence
After disembarking from their last adventure aboard a cruise ship, Andrea Wilton and Brian Strait thought they were on their way to get married in Santo Domingo. When Andrea is abducted by sex traffickers, Brian goes on the hunt of a lifetime to disentangle her from some very bad people. Set in Miami, he uncovers a plot that includes missing women, drugs, and dirty cops.
368 pages, Paperback
First published May 2, 2012
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Barbara Ann Derksen
35 books50 followersSeeking to encourage, inspire, and invite, Barbara Ann Derksen writes about Kingdom living characters who live in a not-so Kingdom world. She has been scrambling letters into enjoyable fiction and non-fiction for over 20 years and a published writer since 2003. Her readers share how the books are hard to put down, keep them up at night reading long after lights out, and spur them on to a closer walk with their Lord.
Her favorite genre is mystery so, to thrill her readers, she composes a new one every year, She has just completed the four book series, The Wilton Strait Mystery Series, now available through her website, on Amazon in Canada, Europe, and the US, and through Amazon's Kindle store as e-books as well as Smashwords for e-book readers other than Kindle. Vanished, Presumed Dead, Fear Not, and Silence are a series that provides hours of entertainment, food for thought, and keep her readers wanting more. The first book in the Finders Keepers Series, Shadow Stalker, was released May 5, 2013 and is available on Amazon http://amzn.to/13pABhF. with mostly 5 star reviews. In 2014, Book 2, Essence of Evil made its appearance with mostly five star reviews and now the sequel, Wicked Disregard, released February 2016 is making its debut. A 4th book in this series is in the works with plans to publish in 2017.
Barbara has also penned a devotional series with six books, 4 children's stories and two other non-fiction books. Dance With a Broom and Second to None.
Barbara Ann Derksen has written 19 books, mystery, children's and devotions. She and her husband, Henry, have been married for 46 years, have four children, and eleven grandchildren. Henry is a singer/songwriter with 8 CDs to his name, working on his 9th.
Her favorite genre is mystery so, to thrill her readers, she composes a new one every year, She has just completed the four book series, The Wilton Strait Mystery Series, now available through her website, on Amazon in Canada, Europe, and the US, and through Amazon's Kindle store as e-books as well as Smashwords for e-book readers other than Kindle. Vanished, Presumed Dead, Fear Not, and Silence are a series that provides hours of entertainment, food for thought, and keep her readers wanting more. The first book in the Finders Keepers Series, Shadow Stalker, was released May 5, 2013 and is available on Amazon http://amzn.to/13pABhF. with mostly 5 star reviews. In 2014, Book 2, Essence of Evil made its appearance with mostly five star reviews and now the sequel, Wicked Disregard, released February 2016 is making its debut. A 4th book in this series is in the works with plans to publish in 2017.
Barbara has also penned a devotional series with six books, 4 children's stories and two other non-fiction books. Dance With a Broom and Second to None.
Barbara Ann Derksen has written 19 books, mystery, children's and devotions. She and her husband, Henry, have been married for 46 years, have four children, and eleven grandchildren. Henry is a singer/songwriter with 8 CDs to his name, working on his 9th.
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August 23, 2012
The two main characters, private eye partners Brian and Andrea, have already tackled evil biker gangs, drug traffickers, racist terrorists, and illegal organ procurement in the first three books, and the heart-pounding action takes off running from the first page in this fourth book in the series. Although SILENCE could stand alone, the reader is well advised to read them in order so as not to miss anything.
We could guess from the cliffhanger ending of Book 3, FEAR NOT, that Brian and Andrea were not going to be able to settle down for some happily-ever-after just yet. As they joyfully anticipate their wedding and their adoption of a little Haitian girl they already love, they are suddenly plunged into another crisis when Andrea is abducted by white slavers. Brian and their friends, Troy, Diane, and Trent, frantically search for Andrea in the streets of Miami while she struggles to control her fear while in captivity. It is obvious that time is running out for her, and her situation seems dire.
SILENCE is a Christian suspense novel. This means that there is plenty of intrigue and chilling mystery while the characters openly practice their faith, pray for guidance and peace, and depend on their God for strength and wisdom. Andrea’s hearing of God’s words asking for her to trust Him was the Christian thrill equivalent of the miraculous healing of Brian’s injured shoulder in the last book. The Christians in the book don’t always have all the right answers and certainly fear and panic attack them as well as anyone else, but they have learned that God can be relied on to be with them no matter what happens to them. This gives them the ability to face danger and physical injury with the confidence that God will work things out for them—in this life or the next. So this book is recommended for those who like to be uplifted by powerful Christian witness while they experience vicarious thrills and chills of the very likeable characters.
I received a review copy from the author. The opinions expressed are solely my own.
We could guess from the cliffhanger ending of Book 3, FEAR NOT, that Brian and Andrea were not going to be able to settle down for some happily-ever-after just yet. As they joyfully anticipate their wedding and their adoption of a little Haitian girl they already love, they are suddenly plunged into another crisis when Andrea is abducted by white slavers. Brian and their friends, Troy, Diane, and Trent, frantically search for Andrea in the streets of Miami while she struggles to control her fear while in captivity. It is obvious that time is running out for her, and her situation seems dire.
SILENCE is a Christian suspense novel. This means that there is plenty of intrigue and chilling mystery while the characters openly practice their faith, pray for guidance and peace, and depend on their God for strength and wisdom. Andrea’s hearing of God’s words asking for her to trust Him was the Christian thrill equivalent of the miraculous healing of Brian’s injured shoulder in the last book. The Christians in the book don’t always have all the right answers and certainly fear and panic attack them as well as anyone else, but they have learned that God can be relied on to be with them no matter what happens to them. This gives them the ability to face danger and physical injury with the confidence that God will work things out for them—in this life or the next. So this book is recommended for those who like to be uplifted by powerful Christian witness while they experience vicarious thrills and chills of the very likeable characters.
I received a review copy from the author. The opinions expressed are solely my own.
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