Deception

I just finished listening to Deception by Randy Alcorn. This was a story about Ollie Chandler a homicide detective who has some anger issues and a drinking problem since his wife died, one daughter ran away and the other one wont have much to do with him.

Ollie's superior has decided they need a better relationship with the local paper, so he has set it up that when there is a murder that Ollie is assigned to, a reporter will follow him and see what the department has to go through to solve a case.

Ollie wakes up to a phone call after a night at the bar. He doesn't remember coming home or getting into bed, but a professor has been murdered and he has to get up and get to the scene. He finds a wrapper of his favorite and hard to find gum next to the professor's body. With the reporter in toe, Ollie tries to find out who wanted this professor dead and why some evidence with his fingerprints was at the scene.

The professor, William Palentine, seemed to like the female students, and has ties to Ollie and some of the other detectives in his precinct, as well as to his lieutenant. As the investigation progresses, others tied to the case are dying and the killer starts coming after Ollie himself.

This was a wonderful mystery novel that will keep you guessing till the end. Mr Alcorn is a Christian writer and he works in conversations between Jesus and Ollie's wife that give an otherworldly perspective. I have also read Safely Home and Lord Foulgrin's Letters which are excellent reads. I am a big fan of Randy and this one didn't let me down. In this book I got a sense of Alcorn's sense of humor. I would wholeheartedly recommend reading anything he writes.

I give this a 5 out of 5