Thomas Threadgill is another of those thriller authors I’d never heard of until recently, but I was happy to receive a copy of Network of Deceit, the second in his series featuring San Antonio PD Detective Amara Alvarez. Threagill’s name is apparently found often on lists of authors “Christian fiction,” which would have honestly given me reason to avoid him, but I missed that factoid so I jumped in. 

I wouldn’t classify this as Christian fiction, as there’s no religion or religious message in it. It is a “clean read” with just a bit of mild crudity and an ethical dilemma, but even better  is the fact that a male author writes so well from a female perspective. Amara is a likable woman who has a very entertaining partnership with “Starsky,” and they work well together in this one to solve the case of a teenager who died at a water park. 

There is a twisty plot and a surprise ending (at least to me, although I am notoriously inept at discerning the “who” in whodunits). Collision of Lies was the first in the Amara Alvarez series,  although Network of Deceit works fine as a standalone. The ending suggests we will be seeing more in the series, and I thank Revell Publishing and NetGalley for providing a copy in exchange for this honest review. Four stars.