The Dark Heart (A Dinah Harris Mystery) by Julie Cave

The Dark Heart is book 4 in the Dinah Harris Mystery series. It dives into the complicated world of faith, forgiveness, racism, and bullying.

Dinah Harris is staying with an old friend, Elise Jones, when a suspicious death gets called into the Sheriff’s department where Elise works. Dinah is brought in as a consultant on the case. The prime suspect is a local pastor. Dinah and Elise can tell he’s hiding something, but it’s going to take some good old fashioned investigation into his past to figure it out.

Julie does a beautiful job weaving faith into this fictional story. She doesn’t hold back on current topics of racism and bullying in school. Biblical passages are used to go against some of the base reasons for racism. She doesn’t shy away from real doubts and struggles when it comes to faith and difficult times. Forgiveness of others and self is a recurring theme throughout this story.

The Dark Heart holds your attention to the end. Not all stories have a fairytale ending.

About the Author:

JULIE CAVE credits her parents for introducing her to books at a young age, which fostered an enduring passion for reading and writing. As a child, her favorite authors were Enid Blyton and C.S. Lewis, and it wasn’t long before she began copying them, writing short stories for anyone who would read them. At 15, two things happened which would shape her future: she heard a creation science speaker at her church, which cemented her faith in God, and she finished her second novel-length story and realized she had fallen in love with writing novels. Julie has two daughters and lives in Brisbane, Australia with her family. She divides her time between being a wife, a mother, and an author.

Book Description:

Angus Whitehall’s past never really died….it just stubbornly waited for vengeance.

A killer has settled into his small rural community, and no one suspects that the local pastor knows much more than he can say. Crippled by the devastating choices of his youth, Angus watches as those he led astray are methodically punished by someone from their violent, racist past.

Unable to forgive himself, now the secrets he has kept are slowly poisoning the family whom he dearly loves. As the devastating consequences of his silence are revealed, former FBI agent Dinah Harris must step outside of the lonely isolation that cocoons her, before she can trap a killer and find peace with herself in the depths of God’s mercy.

Book Details:

• The Dark Heart: $9.99 (affiliate link)
• Series: Dinah Harris Mystery
• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Master Books (May 31, 2017)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1683440137
• ISBN-13: 978-1683440130