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ABOUT THE BOOK

Chase the Angel of Death and You Might Catch Him

Jonathan Trestle is a paramedic who’s spent the week a few steps behind the angel of death. When he responds to a call about a man sprawled on a downtown sidewalk, Trestle isn’t about to lose another victim. CPR revives the man long enough for him to hand Trestle a crumpled piece of paper and say, “Give this to Martin,” before being taken to the hospital.

The note is a series of dashes and haphazard scribbles. Trestle tries to follow up with the patient later, but at the ICU he learns the man awoke, pulled out his IVs, and vanished, leaving only a single key behind. With the simple decision to honor a dying man’s last wish, Jonathan tracks the key to a nearby motel where he finds the man again–this time not just dead but murdered. Unwilling to just let it drop, Jonathan is plunged into a mystery that soon threatens not only his dreams for the future but maybe even his life. He must race for the truth before the Angel of Death comes calling for him.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Tomorrow We Die, go to HERE.

MY THOUGHTS

I was curious to read this book for two reasons. First, it was something out-of-the-ordinary for me and not in my typical historical fiction genre. Second, author Shawn Grady is compared to one of my all-time favorite authors - Dee Henderson. 

I enjoyed the book and, in fact, read it in entirety during a lazy weekend afternoon. Was it spell-binding? Yes and no. I didn’t have to read it all at once, but I was intrigued by the mysterious note and exactly what would happen to Jonathan and his friends.

In a way, the storyline is a mix of CSI and the new show on tv called Miami Medical. At least that’s what I thought after the first couple of chapters.

The action is fast paced, and the characters are interesting, but not necessarily memorable. The story is written from the first person point of view, meaning we as readers only know and feel what the main character (Jonathan) knows, feels, and observes. Does first person POV work in this story? Definitely. It adds to the suspense and also the intricate details of Jonathan’s life as a paramedic. (For those who may get queasy at medical stories, there’s a lot of medical description in this book.)

Would Dee Henderson fans enjoy Tomorrow We Die? Probably. To me, the suspense level and romance between the characters wasn’t as strong as Dee’s stories, but the comparison between the two authors is reasonable.

From reading reviews by other readers, Tomorrow We Die is labeled as better than Shawn Grady’s first book, Through the Fire.

A special thank you to Christian Fiction Blog Alliance and Bethany House Publishers for sending me a copy to review. The words under My Thoughts are entirely my own and contain no affiliate links.