Bøker av Creston Mapes

A Spellbinding Story of Greed, Corruption, Hope, and Undying FriendshipPortland Police Detective Wayne Deetz and son, Brandon, a rookie officer, are investigating a vicious drug ring that may have ties to notorious gangster Sidney Grimaldi. With each startling piece of evidence the Deetz boys uncover, Grimaldi's noose rachets tighter and someone else turns up dead.Meanwhile, the life of Police Sergeant Dolby Tidwell is unraveling before his eyes. His adult son is a walking time-bomb. His longtime wife appears to be seeking a relationship outside the marriage. His best friend was shot and killed amidst shady circumstances in a mysterious cold case. And Tidwell is turning to the bottle to make it all go away.When Deetz is sidelined and bad boy cop Harold Rickert is forced to partner with Deetz's son, Brandon-matters plummet to unthinkable depths.With breakneck pacing and extraordinary twists and turns, Secrets in Shadows is an unforgettable tale of greed, corruption, hope, and undying friendship.With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a "Top Pick" among mystery, fiction and thriller lovers.Fans of Terri Blackstock, Charles Martin, Christy Barritt, Robert Whitlow, Karen Kingsbury, and Francine Rivers will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston Mapes.PRAISE FOR SECRETS IN SHADOWS★★★★★Creston Mapes does it again! I love this series and these characters and cannot wait for the next book. Mapes writes with such clarity and intrigue it is easy to get caught up in the story. The problem is that the book is completed too quickly and then we are left wanting more. Highly recommend this series and all of Creston's books!★★★★★ Creston Mapes out did himself. Very realistic, we never want to believe our children are into drugs, or that cops kill other cops. Mapes shows readers how Jesus can take darkness into His light. You will not be disappointed★★★★★ Mapes hits the bullseye with "Secrets in Shadows." This hard-hitting Christian thriller reveals the gut-wrenching truth of closet drinking, the ease of police cover-ups, and the parental angst of watching a grown child face overwhelming challenges. The "Signs of Life" series has kept me on the edge of my seat.★★★★★ I loved this book but seriously hate that once I start a Creston Mapes book I am not going to put it down. There goes my daily walk and any number of good things I ought to be doing. Great, moving plot and characters so well developed you feel you should look for them on Instagram. Very well done, everything a great book needs and some extras, like faith in action.★★★★★ Another page Turner with twists and turns you don't expect. Creston's got a knack for making his characters truly come alive, making you root and cheer and boo for them all the way through a great read!

There Are Some Bad Seeds You Never Want to MeetA year from retirement and still reeling from daughter Leena's kidnapping, Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz is called upon to check on a domestic violence case. From the moment Deetz and his friend Callie Freeland show up to help Sunny Carlisle, they are blindsided by a lawless toxic steamroller named Blaine Milligan.At a breakneck clip, things go from bad to worse as Callie is stalked and her fiancé Tyson is lured into Blaine's web of evil and madness. While the city of Portland is being burned and dismantled by rioters, Deetz must race against the clock to protect Sunny, Callie and Tyson, and possibly even his own family.With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a "Top Pick" among mystery, fiction and thriller lovers.Fans of Terri Blackstock, Charles Martin, Christy Barritt, Robert Whitlow, Karen Kingsbury, and Francine Rivers will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston Mapes.Reader Praise for I Pick You★★★★★ Creston Mapes is a genius. I have read the entire series in four days. I was so excited to see that I only had to wait less than 24 hours before this book was released. I am absolutely going to buy more books that Mapes has written. This is a great thriller series with Christian values threaded perfectly throughout. It is not your typical cheesy Christian novel!★★★★★ Another great read from Mr. Mapes! I so appreciate an author who can write an "on the edge of your seat" thriller while keeping it clean and honors our Lord Jesus Christ at the same time! I obviously highly recommend this book!★★★★★ This is a fabulous book. I couldn't put it down. Creston Mapes is a very good story teller and I can't wait for the next book. Highly recommend ALL of his books!!★★★★★ Be prepared. This is an intense read. Hard in many places, but very well written. Characters become real and you find yourself praying for them....lol.★★★★★ Really enjoyed this, couldn't put it down, can't wait to read more by this author, didn't want the book to end.★★★★★ THIS TRILOGY IS EXCELLENT. Suspenseful and well written. I highly recommend anything by Creston Mapes. He is able to make the action believable and related well to real life.★★★★★ This is a very good Christian suspenseful book! I've loved everything by Creston Mapes so far but this is my favorite so far. Even though you know who the bad guy is you just can't fantom what he's going to do next. It's very unpredictable and you can't imagine who's going to live or die. I couldn't put it down and it has to be very suspenseful for a book to do that to me. Good job Creston Mapes and I can't wait to see what you'll come up with next!

Father-Son Police Duo Battles Demons in DisguiseIn his final year behind the badge, beloved Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz and his wife Joanie are shocked to learn their youngest son, Brandon, 23, has signed up to follow in Deetz's footsteps by joining the Portland Police Bureau-especially amidst the city's recent riots, violence, and cancel culture.When Deetz goes back in uniform to ride with Brandon during his field training, the father-son duo is dealt a harrowing, demonic case involving an unlikely gunman and a brash corporate executive. As they interview witnesses, discover shocking new evidence, and dare to search for bones in locked closets, they learn not only are their lives in peril, but the devil is out for their loved ones as well.With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a "Top Pick" among mystery, fiction and thriller lovers.Fans of Terri Blackstock, Charles Martin, Christy Barritt, Robert Whitlow, Karen Kingsbury, and Francine Rivers will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston Mapes.PRAISE FOR SON & SHIELD★★★★★ Just like the 4 previous books in this series, this one was excellent. Kept me glued to the pages with suspense. I love the characters and seeing the changes in their lives over time as they all grow in their faith.★★★★★ A very unexpected end. Mapes makes his characters come to life and makes our God larger than life. Mapes has done it again. Can't wait to tear to the next one.★★★★★ I love the development of the characters over these first five books in the series. I can't believe how much I love this family. I loved how this book had everyone as major players.★★★★★ Son and shield has several twists in its few pages. The ending cliffhanger urges the reader on to the next book to find out what happens. The book left me craving more.★★★★★ Every time I read a Creston Mapes book I tell myself it is the best one yet. I could not put Son & Shield down!

The Nightmare if Far From OverRogan Sneed rots in prison for the massacre he unleashed on Portland's Pioneer Square. The copycat is dead. The city's wounds have healed. But then a teenage girl vanishes without a trace, her diary hinting at a third conspirator in the heinous attack that claimed 21 lives.Portland police veteran Wayne Deetz should be coasting toward retirement. Instead, he's careening into a harrowing underworld, the likes of which he's never encountered before. A local plumber emerges as a person of interest in the girl's disappearance, but Deetz believes a far more sinister force is lurking in the shadows.Still struggling to tame the demons of his anxiety, Deetz is out of time and up against an evil that hits disturbingly close to home. He races to connect the dots before the next strike triggers catastrophic carnage.From the blood-stained streets of Pioneer Square to the murkiest depths of the American underworld, join Deetz's pulse-pounding quest to stop a mastermind intent on finishing what was started and delivering a city to its knees.

Rogan Sneed . . . Portland's Worst NightmareHigh school teacher Tyson Cooper is just dismissing his class when a student flashes his phone. "Another shooting, Mr. C."And this one is too close to home. Tyson races to Pioneer Square . . . but he's too late. The light of his life has been snuffed out-and so has his faith.Veteran Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz, two years shy of retirement, is charged with leading the interrogations. When he meets 19-year-old shooter Rogan Sneed face-to-face, his life is changed forever.Will Tyson settle for anything less than the death penalty in the case against Rogan Sneed? He's bent on justice and will do anything to make Rogan pay for the pain he inflicted on Tyson and the entire city of Portland on that rainy, haunting May day.With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a "Top Pick" among mystery, fiction and thriller lovers.Fans of DiAnn Mills, Terri Blackstock, Susan Sleeman, Alton Gansky, Karen Kingsbury, and Robin Patchen will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston Mapes.Reader Praise for Signs of Life★★★★★ Another Homerun. I have read all of Creston's novels and never been disappointed. This new one is another homerun in my opinion. The story goes back and forth between the two main characters in a very unique way. I don't want to spoil anything but I will say that by the time you get about half way through the story it really is difficult to put it down. I loved it.★★★★★ This was a great book. Faith-based thriller and very hard to put down. I've read several books by this author and they were all spellbinding. Well worth reading Mr. Mapes books!★★★★★ Our Book Club Loved It! Creston has done it again! He draws you into the story with well-developed characters . . . I look forward to a sequel and other books from this author.★★★★★ Creston Mapes has long been one of my favorite authors. I think this offering could be his best work ever.★★★★★ Nail-biting adventure. Thank you Creston Mapes for another edge-of-my-seat, nail-biting story. Couldn't put it down!

A Spellbinding Story of Greed, Corruption, Hope, and Undying FriendshipPortland Police Detective Wayne Deetz and son, Brandon, a rookie officer, are investigating a vicious drug ring that may have ties to notorious gangster Sidney Grimaldi. With each startling piece of evidence the Deetz boys uncover, Grimaldi's noose rachets tighter and someone else turns up dead.Meanwhile, the life of Police Sergeant Dolby Tidwell is unraveling before his eyes. His adult son is a walking timebomb. His longtime wife appears to be seeking a relationship outside the marriage. His best friend was shot and killed amidst shady circumstances in a mysterious cold case. And Tidwell is turning to the bottle to make it all go away.When Deetz is sidelined and bad boy cop Harold Rickert is forced to partner with Brandon, matters plummet to unthinkable depths.With breakneck pacing and extraordinary twists and turns, Secrets in Shadows is an unforgettable tale of greed, corruption, hope, and undying friendship.

"Little do they know, I can hear and see everything."Eighteen-year-old Hale Frodele is presumed braindead from a tragic church bus accident in which he lost his younger brother, Nate.Little does anyone know-Hale hears and understands everything with crystal clarity.Hale remembers when his mom died at age 44 of pancreatic cancer and his dad turned his back on God.Hale understands that the unbeliever his dad remarried whispers bitterly that Hale is 'pitiful' and 'ruining' her marriage.Hale knows his father has borrowed a large sum of money from a deranged loan shark named Sebastian and the payback is due in 48 hours.Hale believes in his best friend Gilbert, who still visits him weekly, prays for his healing, and is beginning to realize something is very wrong in the Frodele household.Hale is in here . . . and he has a mind-blowing story to tell.

A Haunting Name From the Past . . .Granger Meade was mentally scarred as a boy by his religious zealot parents. He was bullied at school for his quiet, oafish appearance, which naturally made him a loner and outcast.But one girl treated him differently-Pamela Wagner. Pam talked to Granger, took an interest, listened, made him feel like a human being. She cared when no one else did, and Granger loved her for it; and still does 20 years later.So Granger goes back to their Ohio town. Back to Pamela. But she is happily married to reporter Jack Crittendon, who's embroiled in a time-sensitive story about a pastor who's disappeared and left a suicide note; a case swirling with suspicion and talk of scandal.With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a "Top Pick" among mystery, fiction and thriller lovers.Fans of Frank Peretti, Terri Blackstock, Ted Dekker, Joel Rosenberg, Lynette Eason, Susan Sleeman, Colleen Coble, and Christy Barritt will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston Mapes.Reader praise for Fear Has a Name¿¿¿¿¿ Gripping Suspense, Edge of Your Seat Reading. Fear Has a Name is a gripping Christian suspense novel that gives you everything you want from cover to cover. You will be on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen next. The best thing about this novel from a Christian readers perspective is the way that faith, mercy and forgiveness are woven seamlessly throughout the book . . . A very good read for anyone who likes Christian Suspense and drama. Once you start reading you won't be able to stop until it's done.¿¿¿¿¿ First time I have read a Christian suspense novel . . . I'm hooked. Honestly not sure how I stumbled on to this book but have found a new genre. I have read a lot of suspense and crime novels and didn't know there were Christian suspense novels until this one! Creston Mapes is an incredible author. Powerful storytelling with believable characters and plenty of suspense.¿¿¿¿¿ Fast-Paced Christian Thriller. Two intriguing storylines converge in the end . . . I read late into the night, and after I went to sleep, I had a nightmare about being kidnapped like Pamela. I woke up and had to finish the book before I went back to sleep.¿¿¿¿¿ This is an excellent and gripping Christian Fiction thriller that will keep you glued to the pages until the very end. Or, if you are like me, it will keep you up all night because you can't walk away from it. The story line is enticing and action packed.¿¿¿¿¿ Highly Recommend. This was a great read! I enjoy clean suspense. The plot was well laid out. The Christian themes were strong. This book is a ministry, and it was nice to see such a strong statement of faith presented in a story that was full of real life hurt, pain, and imperfection.

Octavius Hunt: Refined & Talented Artist-or Something Much More Sinister?After the Portland terrorist attack, the kidnapping of his daughter, and the domestic violence case that almost killed him, Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz and his wife Joanie escape for a long overdue vacation in Sedona, Arizona, to make some monumental career decisions. When Joanie's childhood friend, Suzanne, acts euphoric and distant, Deetz and Joanie become suspicious of her boyfriend, the beguiling millionaire artist Octavius Hunt.The more Deetz and Joanie dig into Octavius's corrupt and scandalous past-and his shady partnership with Mayor Marsden Maddox and entrepreneur Timmy Kondore-the darker and more twisted Suzanne's reality becomes. When Wayne and Joanie dare to venture one step too far into Octavius's sinister world of drugs and pleasure to find answers, they find themselves square in the madman's crosshairs.With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a "Top Pick" among mystery, fiction and thriller lovers.Fans of DiAnn Mills, Terri Blackstock, Susan Sleeman, Alton Gansky, Karen Kingsbury, and Robin Patchen will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston Mapes.

Father-Son Police Duo Battles Demons in DisguiseIn his final year behind the badge, beloved Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz and his wife Joanie are shocked to learn their youngest son, Brandon, 23, has signed up to follow in Deetz's footsteps by joining the Portland Police Bureau-especially amidst the city's recent riots, violence, and cancel culture.When Deetz goes back in uniform to ride with Brandon during his field training, the father-son duo is dealt a harrowing, demonic case involving an unlikely gunman and a brash corporate executive. As they interview witnesses, discover shocking new evidence, and dare to search for bones in locked closets, they learn not only are their lives in peril, but the devil is out for their loved ones as well.Book 5-the knockout punch in Creston's pulse-pounding Signs of Life Series.

Millionaire Rock Star Everett Lester Had It All . . .His metal band DeathStroke played bars and honkytonks until a NYC record label discovered them and the band experienced a meteoric rise to the top of the record charts - and super-stardom.Despite Everett's unfathomable popularity and riches, he was spiraling out of control into a dark existence where everyone wanted a piece of him, and where drugs and alcohol were his only comfort.When Everett begins to rely on the services of a personal psychic from L.A. for guidance and solace, he gradually finds a sinister form of evil seeping into his fractured life that threatens to end his career - and destroy his existence.Through it all, he receives uplifting notes from a young lady in Kansas who claims she's not a fan, but a friend who's praying for him.A murder trial ensues and the eyes of the world are watching courtroom B-3 in Miami-Dade County, Florida.With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a "Top Pick" among mystery, fiction and thriller lovers.Fans of DiAnn Mills, Terri Blackstock, Susan Sleeman, Alton Gansky, Karen Kingsbury, and Robin Patchen will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston Mapes.

People Are Sick And Dying in an Ohio Town.Rumors Are Swirling Like the Poison in the Air . . .Some claim chemicals leaking from a manufacturing plant are causing the cancer that's crippling people on the poor side of Trenton City, Ohio. Yet nothing at the plant appears amiss. The problem remains a mystery until reporter Jack Crittendon's long-time mechanic falls ill and Jack investigates.Soon Jack becomes engulfed in a smokescreen of lies, setups, greed, and scandal. The deeper he digs, the more toxic the corruption he uncovers. As he faces off with the big-time players behind the scenes and tries to beat the clock before more people die, he realizes the chillingly unthinkable-he knows way too much.With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a "Top Pick" among mystery, fiction and thriller lovers.Fans of DiAnn Mills, Terri Blackstock, Susan Sleeman, Alton Gansky, Karen Kingsbury, and Robin Patchen will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston MapesPraise for POISON TOWN"A wild roller-coaster ride! I thoroughly enjoyed Poison Town." - Francine Rivers, Best-selling author"Every time you think the tension can't be more intense, Creston Mapes ramps it up a notch. Be prepared to stay up late (and make sure the doors are locked) when you start reading Poison Town." - Robert Whitlow, Best-selling AuthorMapes has crafted a David versus Goliath tale that reaches toward Grisham greatness and will keep you turning pages long into the night." - Harry Kraus, MD, Best-selling Author"Poison Town is another winner from Creston Mapes. I was on the edge of my seat and read it in one gulp. Highly recommended!" - Colleen Coble, Best-selling Author"Grab an oxygen tank and a tall glass of water-you're going to need them when you read Poison Town. A powerful tale of suspense! Intriguing and compelling-an absolute must-read!" - Ronie Kendig, Best-selling Author"In Poison Town, Creston Mapes weaves conspiracy, corruption, and murder into a gripping tale about the damage done by justice delayed and forgiveness denied." - Athol Dickson, Best-selling Author"Erin Brockovich on steroids! A suspense-filled journey into the world of a corrupt corporation, the blue-collar workers who are being 'poisoned,' and a reporter's determination to tell the truth. Mapes keeps the tension high as he realistically portrays Christians wrestling with fear, forgiveness, and the need to stand up for what's right." - Elizabeth Musser, Best-selling Author