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Burke Anderson #3
Dark Road to Daylight
Dark Road to Daylight is a fast-paced mystery that follows former pastor and now counselor Burke Anderson through another complex and difficult case. Beautiful little Stacy Chapman has been kidnapped, and now because of a messy custody battle and the mysterious note left by her grandmother, Bethany Chapman, Stacy's mother, is being accused of the crime. Her only defendant is her therapist Burke Anderson. He faces a tough to remain neutral and let the police handle the case or use his sleuthing abilities to clear his patient's name and reunite mother and daughter.
264 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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Gary E. Parker
31 books17 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
The only current Southern Baptist pastor to have written 11 novels, 4 novellas and 4 non-fiction books in the last twelve years, prolific best-selling author Gary E. Parker has combined his love of history and the Civil War era to pen his latest historical novel, Secret Tides.
The first novel from Southern Tides (Parker’s latest trilogy of sweeping family sagas), Secret Tides paints a true and compelling portrait of love and forgiveness in a stunningly authentic historical setting.
Selected as a Crossing Book Club featured fiction writer and named a Christy Award finalist for his previous historical series writing, Parker has seen his novels soar up the best-seller charts.
As a boy, long before he became a Christian, Parker read The Robe. That book became an early whisper of the Spirit in his life, driving his interest in spiritual things along with a love for writing. Within a couple of weeks after conversion at 18 years old, Parker felt called to Christian ministry, receiving his Master of Divinity and later his Ph.D. in historical theology from Baylor University.
Referring to his fictional writing as “faith-informed fiction,” Parker feels that his writing makes him a better preacher, and preaching a sermon regularly makes him a better writer. His goal is to tell a quality story and let the message come through the story and character development naturally, rather than trying to make some theological point.
Parker and his wife, Melody reside in Decatur, Georgia with their two teenage daughters. He is Sr. pastor of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, and a frequent conference speaker at seminaries, university campuses, national conventions and convocations. He’s a regular contributor to national Christian publications, and is currently writing Fateful Journey, the second book in the Southern Tides trilogy, along with four new novellas. In his spare time, he enjoys distance biking, golfing, and reading.
The only current Southern Baptist pastor to have written 11 novels, 4 novellas and 4 non-fiction books in the last twelve years, prolific best-selling author Gary E. Parker has combined his love of history and the Civil War era to pen his latest historical novel, Secret Tides.
The first novel from Southern Tides (Parker’s latest trilogy of sweeping family sagas), Secret Tides paints a true and compelling portrait of love and forgiveness in a stunningly authentic historical setting.
Selected as a Crossing Book Club featured fiction writer and named a Christy Award finalist for his previous historical series writing, Parker has seen his novels soar up the best-seller charts.
As a boy, long before he became a Christian, Parker read The Robe. That book became an early whisper of the Spirit in his life, driving his interest in spiritual things along with a love for writing. Within a couple of weeks after conversion at 18 years old, Parker felt called to Christian ministry, receiving his Master of Divinity and later his Ph.D. in historical theology from Baylor University.
Referring to his fictional writing as “faith-informed fiction,” Parker feels that his writing makes him a better preacher, and preaching a sermon regularly makes him a better writer. His goal is to tell a quality story and let the message come through the story and character development naturally, rather than trying to make some theological point.
Parker and his wife, Melody reside in Decatur, Georgia with their two teenage daughters. He is Sr. pastor of the First Baptist Church of Decatur, and a frequent conference speaker at seminaries, university campuses, national conventions and convocations. He’s a regular contributor to national Christian publications, and is currently writing Fateful Journey, the second book in the Southern Tides trilogy, along with four new novellas. In his spare time, he enjoys distance biking, golfing, and reading.
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September 17, 2009
Some tense subject matter. Murder evident.
I find that hitting someone over the head and knocking them out, to be a little flimsy but then I've never had to witness it in reality.
Burke's heroic and otherwise nontraditional roles in the story went beyond imagination for a psychologist's function. How does B&E sound for him? How does getting away with it sound? Sure he knows the detective but maybe a reprimand would be in order. Not for Burke though.
All-in-all, not a bad read. If half stars were possible, 3 1/2.
I find that hitting someone over the head and knocking them out, to be a little flimsy but then I've never had to witness it in reality.
Burke's heroic and otherwise nontraditional roles in the story went beyond imagination for a psychologist's function. How does B&E sound for him? How does getting away with it sound? Sure he knows the detective but maybe a reprimand would be in order. Not for Burke though.
All-in-all, not a bad read. If half stars were possible, 3 1/2.
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May 30, 2012
it was a good mystery had you going till the end
February 17, 2016
Excellent! This author recommended by a friend.
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