is passionate about Christian Suspense as both a reader and a writer. Her first Christian suspense novel Nipped in the Bud, will release soon from Barbour Publishing.
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Susan Sleeman
Susan Sleeman
| Adam | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Ted Dekker / Thomas Nelson 
FBI behavioral psychologist Daniel Clark has been made famous by his arguments that religion is one of society's greatest antagonists. What Daniel doesn't know is that his obsessive pursuit of a serial killer known only as "Eve" will end in his own death at Eve's hand. Twenty minutes later Daniel is resuscitated, only to be haunted by those twenty missing minutes of life. |
| By Reason
of Insanity | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Randy Singer / Tyndale House 
After a series of killings, reporter Catherine O'Rourke is plagued by dreams that reveal each crime in ghastly detail. But because of her intimate knowledge, she's charged with murder! When she engages high-priced lawyer Quinn Newburg, he wants her to plead insanity. Can his famed legal maneuvering save her---or will it take a miracle? 350 pages, softcover from Tyndale. |
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| Dark
Pursuit | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Brandilyn Collins / Zondervan
A new stand-alone "Seatbelt Suspense™" from bestselling author Brandilyn Collins. Kaitlan Sering's estranged grandfather, novelist Darell Brooke, was the legendary King of Suspense-until an auto accident left him unable to concentrate. |
| Fallen | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Matthew Raley / Kregel Publishing 
Jim is surprised when he sees Dave, his married pastor, emerge from a Mercedes driven by an attractive woman. What's going on? As the church board's chairman, he wants to be gracious when he confronts Dave. But when he delves deeper into the pastor's troubled life, can he handle what he discovers? Has Dave deceived the congregation? 240 pages, softcover from Kregel. |
| Field of
Blood, The Jerusalem's Undead Trilogy #1 | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Eric Wilson / Thomas Nelson 
1989: Scores of Romanian children contract a life- threatening virus. In Jerusalem, the same year, an ancient tomb is broken into. Gina Lazarescu is a girl caugtht between an unknown past and a dark future. Will she stand in the gap against the rising evil? Or become victim to it? Death is not a question. It is the answer. Welcome to a world that hides before your eyes. |
| Forsaken: A
Novel | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By James David Jordan / B & H Publishing
When Simon Mason, the world's best-known televangelist, receives threats from Muslim terrorists, he hires beautiful former Secret Service agent Taylor Pasbury to take charge of his security. Taylor is thrilled to receive the high- profile assignment, but she has no idea that Simon already knows more about her than she could imagine. When the terrorists strike, making a demand of the pastor that would shake the most steadfast saint, Taylor draws on all of her hard-knock toughness and training as she fights to save Simon and his daughter. Along the way, she discovers that she is not the only one who has done things she would like to forget--and she is not the only one who understands that some things are more important than living. |
| Less Than
Dead, A Bug Man Series #4 | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Tim Downs / Thomas Nelson
Nick Polchak, "The Bug Man," has finally met his match--an outcast who trains dogs to locate cadavers. When a grave is discovered on the property being excavated for the new Patriot Center mall--property that is owned by the front-running candidate for the next presidential election--the FBI immediately becomes involved. Nick's services are requested to help determine if this is a forgotten graveyard or evidence of foul play. But when the cadaver team the FBI has secured can't find any more graves, Nick follows local legend to a bizarre woman named Alena who keeps to herself in the mountains and trains the best cadaver dogs. When the FBI team takes credit for Alena's work on the local news and then immediately vanishes, Nick knows there's more here than simply a forgotten graveyard. This small town--and the presidential-hopeful and his wife--have closets full of skeletons. But how far will they go to keep Nick and Alena from uncovering the truth? |
| Sinner -
Exclusive CBD Edition | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Ted Dekker / Thomas Nelson
Some say roll with the punches. Drift with the tide. Nothing can stop the inevitability of change. There was a time when 300 Spartans disagreed with such mindless thinking and stood in the gap. Now it's time for 3,000 to stand in the gap. Sinner is the story of Marsuvees Black, a force of raw evil who speaks with wicked persuasion that is far more destructive than swords or guns. Beware all who stand in his way. It's also the story of Billy Rediger and Darcy Lange, two unsuspecting survivors of a research project gone bad, who discover that they are perhaps the two most powerful souls in the land. Listen to them or pay a terrible price. This exclusive edition features Dekker's signature on the cover, his letter to CBD customers, and an interview. |
| The
Hunted | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Mike Dellosso / Front Line
After learning of the disappearance of his nephew, Joe Saunders returns to his childhood home of Dark Hills to aid in the search effort. When Caleb is found, badly mauled and clinging to life, Joe embarks on a mission to find the beast responsible. But the more Joe delves into the fabric of his old hometown, the more he realizes Dark Hills has a dark secret, shrouded for three generations in a deadly code of silence. As Joe unravels the truth behind a series of unexplained animal attacks, murder, and corruption at the highest level of law enforcement, he is led to a final showdown where he must entrust his very life into God's hands. |
| The Rook,
The Bowers Files Series #2 | Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Steven James / Revell
An arsonist has struck a top-secret research facility at a key US naval base. But it's not just a random terrorist attack. These people were after something specific. When Special Agent Patrick Bowers is called in to investigate, he is drawn into a deadly web of intrigue and deception. With his own criminology research being turned against him and one of the world's most deadly devices missing, Bowers is caught up in a race against time to stop an international assassin before it's too late. |
Our review staff has spoken.
Listed in alphabetical order are the books chosen as the Top Ten books of 2008 along with our staff's comments.
Listed in alphabetical order are the books chosen as the Top Ten books of 2008 along with our staff's comments.
Adam by Ted Dekker
- True Ted
- This is the Dekker I love
By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer
- Haven't read a Singer book I didn't love yet!
- A great legal thriller with real characters who have intense personal struggles
Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins
- Brandilyn at her best; the tight timelines she writes are awesome
Fallen by Matthew Raley
- A story about our churches that needs to be told
- A in depth look at how sin keeps us from doing the right thing
Field of Blood by Eric Wilson
- Original!
- Creative plot with fantastic prose
Forsaken by James David Jordan
- A challenge so big, there's no good way out
- A strong female character flawed and imperfect
Less Than Dead by Tim Downs
- Another great Bug Man suspense; loved the twist on the Witch of Endor
- Dr. Polchak now has a sense of wit and humor, and love it!
Sinner by Ted Dekker
- Incredible spiritual themes and impact
The Hunted by Mike Dellosso
- Great debut, gritty and graphic, yet filled with faith message
- This one has it all. Excellent prose, strong spiritual message, real character
and a page turning plot
The Rook by Steven James
- Best story of the year--perfectly executed
- When I think of The Rook, I think the word BIG best describes the book. A big
thriller you won't want to miss
- True Ted
- This is the Dekker I love
By Reason of Insanity by Randy Singer
- Haven't read a Singer book I didn't love yet!
- A great legal thriller with real characters who have intense personal struggles
Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins
- Brandilyn at her best; the tight timelines she writes are awesome
Fallen by Matthew Raley
- A story about our churches that needs to be told
- A in depth look at how sin keeps us from doing the right thing
Field of Blood by Eric Wilson
- Original!
- Creative plot with fantastic prose
Forsaken by James David Jordan
- A challenge so big, there's no good way out
- A strong female character flawed and imperfect
Less Than Dead by Tim Downs
- Another great Bug Man suspense; loved the twist on the Witch of Endor
- Dr. Polchak now has a sense of wit and humor, and love it!
Sinner by Ted Dekker
- Incredible spiritual themes and impact
The Hunted by Mike Dellosso
- Great debut, gritty and graphic, yet filled with faith message
- This one has it all. Excellent prose, strong spiritual message, real character
and a page turning plot
The Rook by Steven James
- Best story of the year--perfectly executed
- When I think of The Rook, I think the word BIG best describes the book. A big
thriller you won't want to miss
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