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From The Back Cover

Heart-Pounding Murder Mystery

Involved in a tragic accident under suspicious circumstances, award-winning journalist Jake Woods teams with detective Ollie Chandler to uncover the truth. This alluring repackage of the R andy Alcorn bestseller finds Jake drawing upon all his resources in an ever-intensifying, dangerous murder investigation. Unaware of the imminent threat to his own life, Jake struggles for answers to the mystery at hand and is plunged into a deeper search for the meaning of his own existence.

His Body Hung Suspended Between Two Friends--His Soul Between Two Worlds

Doc’s shoulder jammed into Jake as he swerved the Suburban sharply to the right, cut between a telephone pole and a billboard, then careened into a ten-foot high embankment. Sometime between the sound of Doc’s last cry and the sickening crunch of bent metal from the car’s first roll, Jake lost consciousness. The last sensation he felt was that of being crushed between the two men he had known since childhood…

When tragedy strikes those closest him, award-winning journalist Jake Woods must draw upon all his resources to uncover the truth about their suspicious accident. Soon he finds himself swept up in a murder investigation that is both complex and dangerous. Unaware of the threat to his own life, Jake is drawn in deeper and deeper as he desperately searches for the answers to the immediate mystery at hand and—ultimately—the deeper meaning of his own existence.

Deadline is a dramatic and vivid novel of substance, filled with hope and perspective for every reader who longs to feel purpose in life.

My Take On This Book

I thought this book started out slow and a bit dry for me, and it was a bit all over the place, it was confusing trying to follow the story. I wanted a mystery, suspense, thriller. Instead I thought it was more about Alcorns’ and others beliefs. There was too much political and moral views in this book, no myster to me. I have read books by Alcorn before and I would say this was the most boring for me.

I received this book free from the publisher through the Waterbrook Press book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.




About The Author

Randy Alcorn is an author and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries (EPM), a nonprofit ministry dedicated to teaching principles of God’s Word and assisting the church in ministering to the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled, and unsupported people around the world. His ministry focus is communicating the strategic importance of using our earthly time, money, possessions and opportunities to invest in need-meeting ministries that count for eternity. He accomplishes this by analyzing, teaching, and applying the biblical truth.

Before starting EPM in 1990, Randy served as a pastor for fourteen years. He has an MA degree in Biblical Studies from Multnomah University and an Honorary Doctorate from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon and has taught on the adjunct faculties of both.

A New York Times bestselling author, Randy has written more than forty books, including the bestsellers Heaven, The Treasure Principle, and the Gold Medallion winner Safely Home. His books in print exceed seven million and have been translated into over thirty languages. Randy has written for many magazines including EPM’s quarterly issues-oriented magazine Eternal Perspectives. He is active daily on Facebook and Twitter, has been a guest on more than 700 radio, television and online programs including Focus on the Family, FamilyLife Today, Revive Our Hearts, The Bible Answer Man, and The Resurgence.

Randy resides in Gresham, Oregon, with his wife, Nanci. They have two married daughters and are the proud grandparents of five grandsons. Randy enjoys hanging out with his family, biking, tennis, research, and reading.



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This is the first book I borrowed from the YMCA's book exchange shelf and I picked it primarily because I knew the author's name. This book was published in the mid 1990s. Publishing does have trends and does evolve over time, so it's possible that this book was good in its time--but reading it now, to me it seems to suffer from not knowing what story it wants to tell.

There's a murder mystery; clashes and discussions regarding liberal points of view and conservative points of view, including why most diversity groups seem to tolerate everything but Judeo-Christian views; ProLife/ProChoice and how abortion affects the women who have them and the men whose women have them; an organized crime angle; manipulation of the transplant list by doctors and other medical professionals/committees to move some people up higher on the list and give them a better chance of receiving a donor organ; the author's idea of what heaven and hell will be like . . . and those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

I was a bit surprised to see that this book is listed as a series book with the series being Ollie Chandler. Ollie Chandler is a character in this book (the police detective investigating the homicides) but he didn't feature as much as Jake Woods did in this book. ( )

This book has it all. Jake is a journalist who is looking for answers to a tragedy that hit close to home. You get to ride along on his wild journey to discover the answers to the of why his best friends died. I would highly recommend this book. ( )

An excellent; story; I give the book closer to a 5 than a 4 as it made me think and feel wonderful and new about a great many things especially specific aspects of The Word; the story was good as well but sometimes felt liked it digressed just a bit at times;, loved the examples of the families and how they interacted; both in Heaven and on earth; was probably my favorite part actually; ( )