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Today CFBA presents Double Minds, a suspense story by Terri Blackstock.

Struggling to succeed in the Nashville music scene, talented singer/songwriter Parker James finds the competition fierce – even deadly. A young woman’s murder, industry corruption, and a menacing stalker draw Parker into danger and intrigue. Nothing is as it appears, and unraveling the truth challenges everything Parker believes about her talent, her future, and her faith.

The young girl with the Bohemian style was on the floor where she’d fallen, between Parker’s computer case and her file cabinet. She wore a long, flowing skirt—lavender, the color of calm—and camel-colored Uggs. She lay on her back, her long, wavy blonde hair matted with blood.

For struggling singer/songwriter Parker James, the music business has just turned deadly. Her desk in the reception area of a busy recording studio has become a crime scene, and Parker finds herself drawn into a mystery where nothing is as it seems.

Unraveling the truth puts her own life at risk when she uncovers high-level industry corruption and is terrorized by a menacing stalker. As the danger escalates, Parker begins to question her dreams, her future, and even her faith.

Double Minds is a double treat—combining a compelling suspense novel with an inside look at the world of the Christian music industry in Nashville. Terri Blackstock grabs readers at page one and keeps them riveted until the final plot twist is untangled.

You can preview a Book Trailer on her site HERE

If you would like to read the first chapter of Double Minds, go HERE

MY REVIEW

Double Minds is a book that I probably wouldn’t have chosen to read if I saw it on the library shelf. With that said, I would have missed out on a great book! Murder, intrigue, mystery, and more.

To me, the setting of the book is what made it all work. The little details here and there about the music industry made it seem so real, and the details are just what I imagined would go on behind the scenes from reading about current artists.

Another plus for the book is Parker James is an average person, like someone you would work with or meet at church. She has issues with family members, carries an iPod, watches American Idol, struggles with God’s calling on her life, desires to be famous, and stops at burger joints. Nothing about her seemed fake or unrealistic – she’s not too perfect like some characters.

While Double Minds is categorized as suspense, don’t let that deter you. Nothing about the book had me looking over my shoulder. For those of you familiar with Brandilyn Collins’ books, Double Minds is mild.

If you haven’t watched the book trailer HERE, definitely do that now. It’s awesome!