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Christian Suspense
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Sons of Glory Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig and Janet Parshall / Harvest House Reviewed by Lacy J WilliamsThis book is filled with action, intrigue, and conflict.Attorney Nathan MacKenzie and his mentor John Adams (cousin of the fiery Sam Adams…) are witnesses of the Boston Massacre. As men of high moral standards, they can't stand by and let public opinion sway the court case against the British soldiers that caused the massacre. They agree to take on the case, even though it may mean the demise of their law practice and danger for their families. Meanwhile, Edward MacKenzie, a minister and Nathan's brother, preaches loyalty to what he believes is a God-ordained British government. And while living down south, the third brother Robby MacKenzie is falsely accused of a crime and sentence to be hanged. This book is filled with action, intrigue, and conflict, but for me, one of the most important parts in a story is to identify with the characters, to care deeply about them and their struggles. The book was filled with conflict, the characterization felt a bit shallow, and that kept me from forming a deep relationship with them or sympathizing with their problems. I enjoy books that keep me guessing and wondering what will happen next. I found this story was more predictable than I would have liked. However, as mentioned above, Sons of Glory begins with the Boston Massacre and seems to be historically accurate, so readers who love historical novels will enjoy the setting and realistic tidbits in the book. |
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Craig Parshall is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the National Religious Broadcasters Association, and the author of six legal-suspense novels: the five books in the Chambers of Justice series, and the stand-alone Trial by Ordeal. He speaks nationally on legal and Christian worldview issues and is a magazine columnist. He has coauthored five books with his wife, Janet, including the historical novels Crown of Fire and Captives and Kings.
Janet Parshall is the host of Janet Parshall's America-a nationally syndicated radio talk show originating in Washington, DC. An author and a cultural commentator in the national media, as well as a frequent television host, she is also a much sought-after speaker on biblical issues that impact the family and the church. She has coauthored five books with her husband, Craig, including the historical novels Crown of Fire and Captives and Kings.Suspense Books By Craig and Janet
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Captives and Kings, Thistle and Cross Series
#2 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig & Janet Parshall / Harvest House Publishers Andrew, astute, applied, and ambitious,has little but contempt for his wayward and adventuring brother, Phillip who in turn resents what he sees as Andrew's highhandedness and superior attitude. The rift is deep, and it seems it will be permanent after Andrew learns of Phillip's unwitting involvement in a court plot and insists that he and his son, Peter, flee to the new colony of Virginia. So far apart in both body and heart, will the two brothers ever meet on common ground again,let alone find their way to forgiveness? |
| Crown of Fire, Thistle
and Cross Series #1 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig & Janet Parshall / Harvest House Publishers It is 1546. The Reformation has set Scotland aflame. Ransom Mackenzie, following the Protestant preacher John Knox, leaves the captivating Margaret. He is drawn to London and a young aristocratic lady. Which love will he ultimately pursue? |
Suspense Books By Craig
| Custody of the State,
Chamber of Justice Series #2 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig Parshall / Harvest House Publishers Mary Sue and Joe Fellows are suspected of having committed the unthinkable against their own child. Desperate to keep her little boy from the Custody of the State, Mary Sue goes into hiding. Called to her defense, attorney Will Chambers is plunged into a whirlwind of small-town secrets, big-time corruption, national threat---and fierce danger. New in the Chambers of Justice series from Craig Parshall. 400 pages, softcover, |
| Missing Witness,
Chamber of Justice Series #4 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig Parshall / Harvest House Publishers After a nerve-shattering encounter with military justice in The Accused, lawyer Will Chambers just wants to relax on the Carolina coast. but an inheritance case brings near-fatal brushes with smugglers as Will and his wife, Fiona, investigate his client's history, piracy, and two remarkable women. |
| The Accused,
Chamber of Justice Series #3 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig Parshall / Harvest House Publishers A honeymoon in Cancun. What could be more romantic? But the happiness of attorney Will Chambers and his wife, Fiona, is ambushed by two unexpected events: a terrorist kidnapping of a U.S. official...and a phone call telling Will that a link has been found to the previously unidentified murderer of his first wife. As the newly married lawyer struggles with these terrible events, one of them thrusts him into a new legal case. A secret U.S. team had tried to thwart the Cancun kidnapping, and the Marine colonel who led it, Caleb Marlowe, has now been court-martialed for the murder of unarmed civilians--disavowed and hung out to dry by the White House. At the mercy of international politics, Marlowe is ping-ponged from a military court to both a Senate subcommittee and the International Criminal Court, with Will arguing his defense. And when the disguise if ripped away from past treachery and callous betrayal, both Will and his client must ask, Is forgiveness real?--or face a debacle ending in bloody vengeance. This is a legal thriller that recounts a man's epic confrontation of evil from his past-- and reveals the power of God through forgiveness. |
| The Last Judgment,
Chambers of Justice Series #5 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig Parshall / Harvest House Publishers After Will successfully defends Gilead Amahn, a Christian convert from Islam, against charges related to a riot caused by his preaching in a U.S. mosque, his client disappears to pursue what he believes to be his prophetic mission. When Will next hears from the strangely obsessed young man, Amahn is being held in connection with a blast that has rocked the city of Jerusalem--and entire political/religious world. The al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount have been reduced to rubble, with hundreds of casualties among the Muslim worshipers. And Gilead Amahn is accused of terrorism and crimes against humanity--believed to be a member of the obscure fanatical cult that masterminded the explosion, and to have incited the catastrophe by his fiery street preaching. Will's passion to see justice done catapults him onto the world stage again. Now he must dig out not only the truth behind the evidence--and behind the evil machinations of his nemesis, oil billionaire Warren Mullburn--but also the key truth hidden in his client's heart about his "mission." And further, Will must also make a final judgment about who he must be as a husband, a father...and a man. |
| The Resurrection File,
Chamber of Justice Series #1 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig Parshall / Harvest House Publishers Depressed, distraught, and dropped by his law partners, Will Chambers is a talented attorney in trouble. But when a small-town preacher and his attractive daughter ask the religiously dubious lawyer to defend not just their ministry, but the very foundation of Christianity, it's a challenge Will can't refuse. Caught up in a high-level conspiracy, can he survive with his skepticism---and his life---intact? 400 pages, softcover from Harvest. |
| Trial by
Ordeal Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Craig Parshall / Harvest House Publishers History professor Kevin Hastings is ready for a slice of the good life when he embarks on a new career in real estate. Just as he's closing his first deal, his lawyer turns out to be a fraud and the buyer a Mafia boss---and Kevin finds himself out on the street and on the run. 350 pages, softcover from Harvest. |
