Braving Strange Waters by Sarah Hanks This interesting book deals a little with justice and a lot with redemption. It’s a time sailor book. I’m not sure if that’s a sub-genre, but it’s basically time travel back into an historic period. In this case, the time...
Blood Red Deceit by Steve Rush This complex and fascinating book covers justice and vengeance. There was the hope of redemption. The reader can judge if it was ever achieved. Like I started with, this story is complex. It starts as a mystery, but the mystery of...
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham I like to categorize books by how they address the themes of justice, vengeance, and redemption. For this one, whether justice is served will depend on one’s view of the parties involved in the story. There is an undercurrent of...
Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke Going all the way back to 1989 for book number three in the Dave Robicheaux series. This is classic James Lee Burke. Dave Robicheaux is one of my favorite series characters and from that perspective this book shined. The...
Days are Coming by Pat Simmons This is a departure from the crime fiction I usually read. There are several crimes, but overall, this book is not crime fiction. It’s hard to classify. Christian fiction, I’d say. It’s an amazing book that I think every Christian...
Field Training by Patrick O’Donnell and Michael Anderle Being a police procedural, this book features justice. No real redemption or vengeance. And actually, one knock against it, no real story. Most police procedurals I’ve read have an underlying story...
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