Into the Fire

One of the tell-tale factors of great mysteries and/or thrillers is the amount of research done before writing them. Great thriller writers either have terrific sources or personal experience in their specific choices of subject matters – or both. Vince Flynn had dynamite sources he only alluded to in order to be keep them absolutely confidential. Jack Carr was a sniper and closed out his career on CIA ops. He knows. There are other wonderfully talented authors in the thriller genre with either or both of the two requirements I named.

It's particularly satisfying to enjoy a heroine created by a female author who served in the Navy and has accrued her own set of sources as well as personal acquired experience and access to others who can realistically provide the necessities for her detailed stories in the series she writes. Candace Irving is a wonderful writer with several series, my favorite being the Hidden Valor Military Veteran K-9 Suspense Series. I'm reading her latest Blood on the Wire now, and, like the great mystery/suspense/thriller writers, the crimes are vivid, the plot complex, and the "your guess is as good as mine" as to who really did what keeps the reader flipping those pages and then taking a moment to put it down for a bit to breathe – and to do the chores you've neglected while reading. 

Simply said: I highly recommend this series and this author. 

Father, you know I ask for the best for Candace – and that's always what you provide. Whether or not we know it, apart from you, we can do nothing. Thank you for all that you do for authors/writers. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.