Faces In The Fire by T.L. Hines

Title: Faces in the Fire


Author: T.L. Hines

Thomas Nelson Publisher

T.L. Hines Faces in the Fire is the story of four people whose lives, on the surface, have no connection but unbeknownst to them, are bound together by common threads. Kurt is a truck-driving, art-sculpting amnesiac who hears ghosts in articles of clothing. Corinne is an email-spammer with terminal cancer. Grace is a heroin-addicted tattoo artist. And Stan is a contract-killer with a haunted past. Each of their stories is broken up into stanzas, and they are connected to the others in strange and haunting ways. The most telling words uttered in the entire book are “vicious circle.”

Having never read a Christian Suspense novel, as this book is characterized, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It was an absolutely delicious read. I picked it up and never put it down. Once I recognized that these were not random stories about random people, I needed to understand how they connected to each other. I immediately noticed that the chapter numbers were out of the order and am tempted to go back and actually read it in chapter order to see if I notice anything new. Although each character had aspects of their lives and personalities that were less than flattering, I cared about each of them and wanted them to find their own redemption. That is the mark of a great novel – wanting to know more about the lives of each character and caring about what happens to them within the story. Hines writes about redemption and forgiveness and the things that bind people. Regardless of the differences we all have with people around us, Hines reminds us that we are all connected.

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