In the Shadow of Evil
Robin Caroll
Paperback, 320 pp., $14.99
B&H Books (March 1, 2011)

Informed by the real-life fallout of the U.S. economy and devastation caused by multiple hurricanes along the southern coast, In the Shadow of Evil tells a modern day story involving the exposure of a building rebound scam. Amidst the layers of unethical practices, supply shortages, and excess murders, a top Louisiana homicide detective loses his heart to a charitable contractor while uncovering a secret about his tragic past.

Fear No Evil
Robin Caroll
Paperback, 344 pp., $14.99
B&H Books (August 1, 2010)

With his father in a nursing home and his mother needing support, former Great Smoky Mountains park ranger Lincoln Vailes moves to the bayou town of Eternal Springs, Louisiana, to become a police officer. Recent college graduate and eager social worker Jade Laurent has also moved there to try and right the wrongs of an abusive past. But someone is running her car off the road and pointing guns in her direction. As Lincoln investigates her case, he uncovers ties to big-city gang warfare up north that appears to be making its evil way down south.

The Love of Wisdom
James S. Spiegel
Hardcover, 480 pp., $34.99
B&H Books (April 1, 2009)

The Love of Wisdom is made distinct in its engaging style that includes humor and copious popular culture illustrations to heighten reader interest and clarify important concepts. The book even addresses two key topics often omitted by other texts: political philosophy and aesthetics (beauty and the arts).

Augustine as Mentor
Edward Smither
Paperback, 272 pp., $17.99
B&H Books (January 1, 2009)

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) was lauded for his thoughts. But his personal character and ministry are even more remarkable, for in a time when most monastery dwellers sought solitude, Augustine was always in the company of friends, visiting disciples and writing mentoring letters to those he knew. Augustine as Mentor is written for modern day pastors and spiritual leaders who want to mentor and equip other evangelical Christians based on proven principles in matters of the heart like integrity, humility, faithfulness, personal holiness, spiritual hunger, and service to others.

The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown
Andreas J. Kostenberger, L. Scott Kellum,
and Charles Quarles
Hardcover, 976 pp., $59.99
B&H Books (August 1, 2009)

There is much to gain by paying careful attention to the historical, literary, and theological dimensions of the biblical text. This book if for the serious New Testament student who seeks to better understand and share God’s “word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). Across nearly one thousand pages, it thoroughly introduces all twenty-seven New Testament books and closely examines Christ’s incarnation and virgin birth, the heart of His ministry shown so vividly in the Gospels’ Passion Narratives, and the triumphant return of Jesus and our eternal reign with Him as depicted in Revelation.