Looking for Religious Thrillers

I'd like recommendations for religious thrillers like The Da Vinci Code. There are a lot of thrillers out there now trying to look like they're the next Da Vinci Code, but it's hard to tell which ones are good reads and which ones should be used to keep my ark of the covanent from wobbling.

So which religious thrillers are actually thrilling? I'm most interested in page-turners, even trashy ones, maybe especially trashy ones. (Hey, it's August. ) Feel free to nominate deep, esoteric novels -- I can read them in fall and winter.

And before this turns into one of those threads, I know The Da Vinci Code was not a wonderfully well written novel. It wasn't even my favorite thriller. I'm just looking for this type of story. So there.

callalily61 said:

I just finished On The Fifth Day by AJ Hartley. Not bad--decent antihero, good supporting cast, I guessed wrong about who the bad guy was, which I like. My only problem was with the actual mysterious object everyone wants and is getting killed for, and why. When he revealed it , I sat back and went, "Huh? So what?"

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Is that the one with the skulls on the cover? I almost bought it just because skulls are Kool. Glad to know it's actually interesting.

III said:

Btw, my wife likes Ted Dekker and he's probably the hottest Christian Thriller author right now. I couldn't really get into his books, personally.

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Me, neither, darn it. Sigh. Maybe I'll have to stick to heretical thrillers instead.

aadams73 said:

Have you tried Dan Brown's Angels and Demons? It's a much better read than Da Vinci Code.

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Not yet. Have to find my copy.

Will Lavender said:

I'll recommend a true crime religious thriller:

Dennis Covington's Salvation on Sand Mountain.

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Ooooh. True crime and religious thriller. You managed to tie in both of my threads in this forum.