About I Pick You: A High-Voltage Contemporary Christian Fiction Thriller (Signs of Life Series Book 3):
There Are Some Bad Seeds You Never Want to Meet
A year from retirement and still reeling from daughter Leena’s kidnapping, Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz is called upon to check on a domestic violence case. From the moment Deetz and his friend Callie Freeland show up to help Sunny Carlisle, they are blindsided by a lawless toxic steamroller named Blaine Milligan.
At a breakneck clip, things go from bad to worse as Callie is stalked and her fiancé Tyson is lured into Blaine’s web of evil and madness. While the city of Portland is being burned and dismantled by rioters, Deetz must race against the clock to protect Sunny, Callie, and Tyson—and possibly even his own family.
With tension on every page, Amazon #1 Best-Selling author Creston Mapes demonstrates why he is a “Top Pick” among Christian suspense fans and those who love religious mysteries.
If you enjoy books by Charles Martin, Terri Blackstock, Frank Peretti, Robert Whitlow, DiAnn Mills, and Stephen James, you will love this thriller from award-winning and bestselling author Creston Mapes.
Reader Praise for I Pick You
★★★★★ Creston Mapes is a genius. I have read the entire series in four days. I was so excited to see that I only had to wait less than 24 hours before this book was released. I am absolutely going to buy more books that Mapes has written. This is a great thriller series with Christian values threaded perfectly throughout. It is not your typical cheesy Christian novel!
★★★★★ Another great read from Mr. Mapes! I so appreciate an author who can write an “on the edge of your seat” thriller while keeping it clean and honors our Lord Jesus Christ at the same time! I obviously highly recommend this book!
★★★★★ This is a fabulous book. I couldn’t put it down. Creston Mapes is a very good story teller and I can’t wait for the next book. Highly recommend ALL of his books!!
★★★★★ Be prepared. This is an intense read. Hard in many places, but very well written. Characters become real and you find yourself praying for them….lol.
★★★★★ Really enjoyed this, couldn’t put it down, can’t wait to read more by this author, didn’t want the book to end.
★★★★★ THIS TRILOGY IS EXCELLENT. Suspenseful and well written. I highly recommend anything by Creston Mapes. He is able to make the action believable and related well to real life.
★★★★★ This is a very good Christian suspenseful book! I’ve loved everything by Creston Mapes so far but this is my favorite so far. Even though you know who the bad guy is you just can’t fantom what he’s going to do next. It’s very unpredictable and you can’t imagine who’s going to live or die. I couldn’t put it down and it has to be very suspenseful for a book to do that to me. Good job Creston Mapes and I can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with next!
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Author Bio:
Creston Mapes grew up in northeast Ohio, where he has fond memories of living with his family of five in the upstairs portion of his dad’s early American furniture store – The Weathervane Shop. Creston was not a good student, but the one natural talent he possessed was writing.
He set type by hand and cranked out his own neighborhood newspaper as a kid, then went on to graduate with a degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University. Creston was a newspaper reporter and photographer in Ohio and Florida, then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for a job as a creative copywriter.
Creston served for a stint as a creative director, but quickly learned he was not cut out for management. He went out on his own as a freelance writer in 1991 and, over the next 30 years, did work for Chick-fil-A, Coca-Cola, The Weather Channel, Oracle, ABC-TV, TNT Sports, colleges and universities, ad agencies, and more. He’s ghost-written more than ten non-fiction books.
Along the way, Creston has written many contemporary thrillers, achieved Amazon Bestseller status multiple times, and had one of his novels (Nobody) optioned as a major motion picture.
Creston married his fourth-grade sweetheart, Patty, and they have four amazing adult children. Creston loves his part-time job as an usher at local venues where he gets to see all the latest-greatest concerts and sporting events. He enjoys reading, fishing, thrifting, bocci, painting, pickleball, time with his family, and dates with his wife.
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