Mary Alford

“The inevitable showdown coming had been a decade in the making. When it was over, would any of them be left standing?”

This quote. It indicates the enormous level of suspense created and maintained throughout novel. I felt the need to check my blood pressure after reading Among the Innocent by Mary Alford, to make sure it was not abnormally high!! This particular novel is a little darker than most I choose to read, but it is oh, so well done!

I did identify with Leah more than I would show more like at some points. “She’d lost her family to a killer—probably Ellis to the same man. Now she was slowly losing Marge to a different kind of killer.” The killer that stalks Marge is all too prevalent, and so many families must deal with that threat. I loved how that thread strengthens the story.

Sigh. Dalton is swoony dreamboat who might be perfect, but for his secrets. Full of faith despite a rough past, he is protective of Leah, kind, sensitive, and quite the looker. Will he and Leah be able to work together to keep tragedy away from the Amish community, or will they become part of the region’s mounting calamities?

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I always enjoy this author's romantic suspense novels, but this book takes it to another level! It is an intense story that kept me turning the pages to discover a serial killer's identity and determine the motives that spurred the actions. It didn't take long for me to think it was an older man named Henry until another possibility emerged. Who was "T"? Was more than one demented person involved?

I was drawn to the sweet but troubled romance between two FBI agents, but the psychological show more aspects were the real attention-grabbers. What causes someone to kill not once, but over and over again? Can they receive forgiveness and redemption? Do they deserve to be forgiven?

Seeking Evil is a page-turning, nail-biting, and often gut-wrenching story of danger, survival, and an overpowering will to live. I recommend it to all who enjoy romantic Christian suspense.

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Five hundred and sixty-four pages of pursuit, pressure, and prayer … resolve refusing to be extinguished in the shadows of evil. Hunting Truth gathers three authors beneath one banner, following wounded hearts, scarred veterans, and faithful K-9s as they run straight toward danger with Scripture stitched into their strength.

Each novella carries its own distinct atmosphere. One leans into the psychological terror of a predator whose presence feels suffocating. Another unfolds in a setting show more that should feel safe yet quietly fractures under pressure. The third steps into the fragile space where despair and intervention meet face to face. Different landscapes. Different wounds.

What did I love most? The emotional depth.

These characters are courageous, yet unmistakably human. Trauma lingers. PTSD is handled with care. Regret carries weight. Fear is not avoided; it is walked through with trembling resolve. Strength grows slowly. Trust is rebuilt carefully.

The K-9 partners are companions, guardians, and at times catalysts for healing. Loyal. Protective. Unwavering. Necessary. They heighten the danger and love fiercely through it all.

Hunting Truth moves quickly and strikes with purpose. Evil casts long shadows, but it does not get the final word.

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“Don’t go back there, Diana. There’s nothing in Rachel’s Crossing but ghosts.”

Yet, Diana Fisher feels compelled to return to her childhood stomping grounds. While she followed in her father’s steps and joined the police force in Louisville, KY, it’s her childhood home that has left her with questions and scars. Obtaining the job of police chief in her once- hometown, again following in her father’s esteemed footsteps, can she discover why her mother left her, when she, Diana, show more was a teen?

Mary Alford brings us her best-yet Amish romantic suspense with this title, Amish Country Killer. Diana doesn’t even have time to begin her new job before terrible things happen. Kidnappings and murders with ties to a long-ago unsolved case involving young Amish women re-ignite. Amish neighbor Micah Nissley was a suspect in the long ago murders. Now an Englischer, back in town on the old homestead and a verified DCI Fed agent, he is determined to join Diana in her search for truth. Unfortunately, “He’d learned true evil existed everywhere... even among the innocent.” The stakes are high for Micah!!

But… can he be trusted. Or can…well, it seems like half the people that a new police chief *ought* to be able to trust.
There is so much action your mind will spin, if your eyes don’t from hurrying to get to the conclusion. ( By the way, at 30% the way through, I picked out a suspect and wrote the name down. I was *sooo* very tempted to peek at the end.) As the tension escalates, more murders and crimes occur, and it becomes obvious that the murderer is toying with Diana. I was blown away by the final scenes where the mastermind is revealed. I don’t know if Alford can top this twist!!

If you read any romantic suspense, Amish Country Killer needs to be on your TBR!

While I received a copy of the book from JustRead Tours, I also bought my own copy. No positive review was required, and all opinions are my own.

Notable Quotables:

“No matter what you face now, and in the future, no matter how bleak things may get, there is a light that outshines all the darkness in this world, and it can be found in Jesus.”

“I’m not a killer,” he said softly and stepped closer. Would he be able to convince her of what he hadn’t been able to convince her father or Tessa’s family? show less