Strands of Truth
By Colleen Coble (Thomas Nelson)
Release date: September 10, 2019
Suspense, romance, and generational secrets meld when a DNA test helps Harper Taylor locate the family she’s always longed for. but has it also put her in the crosshairs of a killer? Harper Taylor is used to being alone—after all, she grew up in one foster home after another. Oliver Jackson finally took her under his wing when she was a runaway teenager, and now Harper pours her marine biology knowledge into Oliver’s pen shell research.
The Strange Man (The Coming Evil)
By Greg Mitchell (Realms)
Release date: February 1, 2011
Dras Weldon lives in a world of horror movies and comic books. Twenty-two and unemployed, he is content to hide in the shadow of adolescence with a faith that he professes but rarely puts into action. But when a demonic stranger arrives and begins threatening his friends, Dras is drawn into a battle that forces him to choose which side he is on. In a race against the clock, he must not only fight these evil forces but also somehow convince his best friend, Rosalyn, to join him–before she is lost forever. Engaging and darkly humorous, The Strange Man is the first act of a trilogy that depicts a world where monsters are real and simple men and women must overcome their doubts and fears in order to stand against the unspeakable creatures of the night.
Stranger In The Night (Haven)
By Catherine Palmer (Steeple Hill)
Release date: April 28, 2009
In the dead of night, there’s a knock on the door at Haven, an inner-city youth center in St. Louis. A refugee family—scared, tired and hungry—seeks shelter. Fresh back from Afghanistan, former marine sergeant Joshua Duff takes on the mission. He recruits aid worker Liz Wallace, but she has questions for Joshua.
Stranger Things
By Erin Healy (Thomas Nelson)
Release date: January 7, 2014
In the burnt-out hollow, a house of dark secrets and an eerie beauty beckon. Serena Diaz’s life is imploding. A troubled student has accused the young biology teacher of sexual misconduct, cutting off her promising career just as it was starting to blossom. But that’s just the beginning of Serena’s problems. When a therapeutic walk in the woods leads her to a ruined house overtaken by criminals, Serena is assaulted and finds herself witness to the senseless murder of the one man who tries to help her.
Stranger Things Have Happened
By Amy Lillard (Guideposts)
Release date: September 21, 2018
Strange things are happening in Sugarcreek, from stampeding pigs to barn explosions! Some locals place the blame on a new family in town, the Patels, originally from India. A few members of the community, in particular, are not happy about these newcomers—from the local diner owner whose business is threatened by the new competition to an odd, wet-behind-the-ears local reporter, to the owner of a local car dealership who is intent on breaking off his teenage son’s budding romance with the Patels’ daughter. Could one of them actually be the perpetrator of these crimes and mishaps? Or is it someone even Cheryl doesn’t suspect? She and Naomi must work together to stop the spread of suspicion and mistrust that threatens to pit neighbor against neighbor and to reinforce the Golden Rule—that we are to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Stranger in the Chat Room
By Todd Hafer, Jedd Hafer (Bethany House)
Release date: September 1, 2003
A sequel to In the Chat Room With God finds a group of teens contacted by a mysterious and increasingly malevolent character who claims to know about their encounters with the Almighty and challenges their beliefs. Original.
Stranger in the Shadows (The Lakeview Series #6) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense #76)
By Shirlee McCoy (Love Inspired Suspense)
Release date: November 6, 2007
SOMEONE WAS WATCHING CHLOE DAVIDSONShe had the unsettling feeling the stalker was waiting to strike. But who could it be? After a heartbreaking tragedy, Chloe had relocated to sleepy, safe Lakeview, Virginia, where she’d spent idyllic summers as a child. Where handsome minister Ben Avery had welcomed her and helped her believe in more than she’d ever thought possible. Yet her fear had followed her. Chloe kept seeing a stranger lurking in the shadows.
Stratagem
By Robin Caroll (Shiloh Run Press)
Release date: November 1, 2018
A High-Stakes Simulation Adventure Leaves Grayson Thibodeaux the Prime Suspect. for Murder Deep in the gritty underbelly of New Orleans, psychologist Grayson Thibodeaux loses everything when his wife leaves him to climb her company’s corporate ladder. He buries himself in his job of creating mind-bending adventure games for businesses as team-building explorations.
Streams of Mercy (Jenna’s Creek Series #1)
By Teresa Slack (Tsaba House)
Release date: June 25, 2004
On the day of her father’s funeral, seventeen year old Jamie Steele discovers that her father was once the prime suspect in teh disappearance of a local girl.
Stress Test
By Dr. Richard Mabry (Thomas Nelson)
Release date: April 8, 2013
THEY MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CONVICT HIM, BUT THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO RUIN HIS LIFE. Dr. Matt Newman thought he was leaving his life as a surgeon in private practice for a better one in academic medicine. But the kidnappers who attacked him as he left the hospital at 2 a. m.