Christian Suspense Authors
A New Wave of Christian Writers
Christian suspense authors Dee Henderson, Terri Blackstock, and others have dominated Christian suspense for years, but the best Christian thrillers are not always written by familiar authors.
For example, high quality Christian suspense is also available from relatively unknown writers.
Unfortunately, new authors can be difficult to find, however, because their books are often buried deep in Amazon's search results.
Today’s best-selling authors of Christian suspense were once unknown themselves and were far from overnight successes. Who
will be the genre’s best-selling authors of tomorrow? The answer could very well come from the undiscovered must-read
thrillers recommended below.
These clean thrillers by new Christian suspense authors are page-turning, edge of your seat stories
with characters reflecting strong
Christian values and no sex or cursing.
From danger along the USA Mexican border to a bizarre love affair turned murder, the following
Christian
suspense thrillers feature characters motivated by wholesome values with whom you can readily identify.
If you're ready to discover tomorrow's best-selling Christian suspense authors today, then these seven sleepers will keep those pages turning!
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Both Sides of the Border
Terry Overton
Dolores, Ernesto, and Emilio Sanchez venture to America to save their family, who has been devastated by their father's tragic accident and the drought in their home country of Honduras. But making their way to America would be too
costly for a poverty-stricken family. With only their faith to guide them, the teenaged siblings journey to their new home, despite threats from the cartel, corrupt police officers, starvation, and death.
Meanwhile, Eva Jordan is starting a new life just over the border in America, hoping to recover from a horrible marriage.
Then, despite her mother's concern for her daughter living so close to Mexico, Eva decides to take a vacation there to sharpen up her Spanish and relax before her new job begins. She is struck by the beautiful towns of Mexico, but slowly, her eyes are opened to the dangers surrounding her.
When a hurricane washes away the border walls, will the two sides collide in hatred or unite in harmony?
Triple Threat
Jason B. Rash
Christian suspense thriller Triple Threat, a page-turner by Jason B. Rash, is a story of actions and their consequences.
Alex and Laura, raised in families strong in faith, thought they had moved beyond what had happened when they were immature teenagers.
Guilt-ridden for a life they helped destroy was bad enough, however, but neither saw the tragic consequences ahead.
As their world unravels, new temptations and betrayal rip open old wounds.
Over the Edge
Michael Garrett
Over the Edge, by Christian suspense author Michael Garrett, presents a Christian woman versus a Goliath-sized adversary.
On the run from the FBI for a crime she didn't commit, Larissa Baxter faces an unexpected threat. The secret life she's been living is about to be exposed, and she's in extreme danger.
Texas bounty hunter Clyde Hopkins, duped by the false promise of a million dollar reward, begins a relentless search for her. A routine apprehension then becomes a kidnapping, and Hopkins faces a life-changing decision--kill or be killed.
With almost certain death now facing Larissa, she's defenseless but for the strength of her faith.
Phoenix: Birds of Spring
Jackie Anders
Cross the proverbial Rubicon and don't look back, but be sure you can handle what's on the other side. For battles of the heart and mind are far more difficult to fight than those of the flesh.
Free on Kindle Unlimited! A special ops mission takes a bad turn when Cpt. Eriksen, Sgt. Banks, "modern woman" Kyla Marshall, and Germanic princess Cassius think they are traveling back to our present day, same timeline. However, they are mistaken.
The four immediately discover that their future has been changed into a world run by faithless individuals who practice "survival of the fittest."
As the team maneuvers through the new timeline with all its twists and turns, however, they learn the devastating truth; they had been betrayed back in the first century by someone close to them.
Into the Fog
Karen Randau
Love and danger spar in Karen Randau's Christian suspense thriller Into the Fog, the perfect edge of your seat thriller when you want to curl up with a good
book beside your fireplace.
Marie
Jessica Goodrich is pushed from a rural roadway into an icy creek. However, her pleading friend stands helplessly on the other side of the ravine.
Running from flashbacks of a life-altering attack in Afghanistan, MJ seeks refuge with her mother, managing Peach Blossom Orchard. But peace is elusive in a rural Oklahoma town full of secrets.
After losing his wife and children in a fatal car crash, Josh Rivers fears he'll never have a second chance at love. As a result, he's taken aback when MJ, the woman responsible for the nightmares of his military service in Afghanistan, comes to town. She claims someone kidnapped her friend Kelsey. Consequently, frustrated with the county sheriff's poor progress, MJ and Josh partner to investigate clues that lead to an abductor who demands a bizarre ransom.
With danger increasing for everyone MJ loves, will they solve the mystery in time?
Angel in Shining
Marlene Worrall
In Marlene Worrall's thriller Angel in Shining,
free on Kindle Unlimited, nineteen-year-old Ayita High-Eagle suffers a lifetime of abuse from her alcoholic and promiscuous mom.
Living on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in Washington has grown unbearable.
Then Ayita's staged suicide attempt is thwarted by an angel from God, promising the birth of a new spiritual life, starting with a move to her best friend Marjoi Peterson's Circle K Ranch.
Handsome but cynical Valdez Lopez is stranded at the ranch during an arctic blizzard.
Inevitably, he and Ayita often clash, but will Ayita's dream of becoming a country music star thwart their growing romance?
Angel in Shining--a poignant story of love, forgiveness, and challenging issues to be resolved before Ayita can be devoted to Love, Honor, and Obey
Seeing Clearly
Judythe Morgan
In Judythe Morgan's Christian suspense thriller Seeing Clearly,
free on Kindle Unlimited, Evelyn Parker, reflecting strong values, is a trusting widow raising her grandson after her son and his wife die in a
suspicious automobile accident.
Dawson McKey is a divorced ex-cop managing Evie's business. But he's suspicious of everyone after his twin sons are killed by a cartel leader's bomb.
An undeniable attraction exists between Dawson and Evelyn, but she's twelve years his senior and convinced their age difference will create issues. Dawson had been determined to never love again after failing so miserably the first time, but working with Evie weakens his resolve.
Drugs are uncovered in a company shipment as threatening emails are received simultaneously by Evie's grandson. Then her grandson and the nanny she employed against Dawson's wishes disappear, and Dawson suspects cartel involvement.
Their search for the young child strains their trust, even as their hearts are bound.
Invisible Defense
2021 National Indie Excellence Finalist
In a collision of past and present, truth hides in plain sight.
Stephen Pierce's thriller Invisible
Defense weaves this notion together in a bizarre love affair turned murder that leads to an even more
incredible legal defense for Justin Alexander—human spontaneous
involuntary invisibility.
As a self-made man from the streets, Justin risks everything for the woman of his dreams, and at the heart of his nightmare, to prove she is more than the sum of all her lies.
Love and forgiveness, however, are not words Alicia Bauer truly understands until, trapped by her own cons, she discovers their real meaning in the past—hers and that of newspaper reporter Clark Solo.
Clark, a widower with a teen feeling lost in the shuffle of life, finds invisibility makes more than just attention-grabbing headlines; it hits home.
