Review – Deadline

Randy Alcorn in his book, “Deadline” Book One in the Ollie Chandler series published by Multnomah Books brings us into the life of Jake Woods.

From the back cover:  His Body Hung Suspended Between Two Friends–His Soul Between Two Worlds

Doc’s shoulder jammed into Jake as he swerved the Suburban sharply to the right, cut between a telephone pole and a billboard, then careened into a ten-foot high embankment. Sometime between the sound of Doc’s last cry and the sickening crunch of bent metal from the car’s first roll, Jake lost consciousness. The last sensation he felt was that of being crushed between the two men he had known since childhood…

When tragedy strikes those closest to him, award-winning journalist Jake Woods must draw upon all his resources to uncover the truth about their suspicious accident. Soon he finds himself swept up in a murder investigation that is both complex and dangerous. Unaware of the threat to his own life, Jake is drawn in deeper and deeper as he desperately searches for the answers to the immediate mystery at hand and—ultimately—the deeper meaning of his own existence.

Deadline is a dramatic and vivid novel of substance, filled with hope and perspective for every reader who longs to feel purpose in life.

“Deadline” is more than a murder investigation thriller.  Randy Alcorn explores Heaven not as a theory but as a real place being visited by one of the characters.  Mr. Alcorn takes on social issues in this book all the while keeping us riveted as the murder investigation continues.  Jake Woods survived the murder attempt and, as a journalist, he works to discover just who it was that wanted him and his friends dead.  In the process he has to deal with issues of abortion, and his own broken family and the consequences.  Alternating between the events on Earth and the events in Heaven “Deadline” keeps you flipping the pages as Jake’s life is in danger as the murderer still wants to see him dead.  This book will give you fresh insight into Heaven and hell and to where you are going to wind up.  It will also provide a new perspective on other issues that are still in the news today.  And all the while keeping you entertained with a mystery.  Who could ask for more?