Presumed Dead Book Description:
Andrea Wilton and Brian Strait, from Shuster Detective Agency, take on another case to find a missing person. This second book in the series introduces DJ Wiebe, a biker who rides with The Sons Riders, a Christian biker ministry. Another biker, a member of The Demons Raiders, is missing and presumed dead. DJ, his friend, hires Shuster Detective Agency to find him. He initiates Andrea and Brian into the biker culture, a world that encompasses motorcycles, leather, drugs and murder.
About the Author:
Author Barbara Ann Derksen served as a journalist for American newspapers for 8 years with over 2000 articles published in those papers as well as in some international magazines. Her first book was published in 2003 . This year, she’s working on her 13th book.
My Thoughts:
After reading the first book in the Wilton/Strait Mystery Series – Vanished, I was looking forward to the 2nd book in the series. It did not disappoint. In this book, we meet back up with Andrea and Brian who have now started their detective agency. DJ, who was introduced at the end of the last book, introduces them to the completely different world of biker gangs. While DJ is in a Christian bike club, they still have regular interactions with Demons Raiders and other biker gangs. The Christian bikers have the goal of reaching out to others where they are at and not being pushy about their faith. This leads them to some pretty interesting situations.
Having known some members of Christian biker gangs, I’ve heard how difficult and crazy this world can be for them. They need to be on their best behavior at all times and be a testimony without pushing their beliefs on other bikers. It’s a fine line to walk at all times. Barbara does a nice job bringing readers into this world without it being over-the-top. Readers get a good understanding of the culture without feeling like they need to clean up after reading the book.
Overall, the Christian message in the book flows nicely with the story, but there were a couple of spots were it felt forced and unnatural given the circumstances. That being said, the characters felt real. It was nice to see the characters of Andrea and Brian to be developed as the story moved along.
As was probably expected, you do see a relationship start to blossom between Andrea and Brian. Since they both want to maintain high standards in their relationship, this part of the story is pretty much clean.
Once again, Barbara has written great Christian suspense-filled book. If you’re interested in the Christian mystery, suspense genre, you will want to check out this series.
Notes about Kindle version: I received the Kindle version which contained a few minor formatting problems. In addition, there was double text at the end of one of the chapters. (I believe it was chapter 26.) It doesn’t make it difficult to read, but I did want to mention these things.
Book Details:
- Paperback: 324 pages
- Publisher: CreateSpace (January 4, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1468094378
- ISBN-13: 978-1468094374
- Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
- Kindle edition also available
Sounds like a good book! I want to know how it ends. 😉 You wouldn’t tell me that, would you? 😀
I’ve only read a few Christian suspense books and I enjoyed them quite a bit. I’ll be on the lookout for this.
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You know I won’t tell you how it ends. 😉 If you haven’t read the first book in the series, you’ll want to check it out first. 🙂