About Son & Shield: An Electrifying Christian Fiction Thriller (Signs of Life Series Book 5)
Father-Son Police Duo Battles Demons in Disguise
In his final year behind the badge, beloved Portland Police Investigator Wayne Deetz and his wife Joanie are shocked to learn their youngest son, Brandon, 23, has signed up to follow in Deetz’s footsteps by joining the Portland Police Bureau—especially amidst the city’s recent riots, violence, and cancel culture.
When Deetz goes back in uniform to ride with Brandon during his field training, the father-son duo is dealt a harrowing, demonic case involving an unlikely gunman and a brash corporate executive. As they interview witnesses, discover shocking new evidence, and dare to search for bones in locked closets, they learn not only are their lives in peril, but the devil is out for their loved ones as well.
Book 5—the knockout punch in Creston’s pulse-pounding Signs of Life Series.
Reader Praise for the ‘Signs of Life’ Series
★★★★★ Well written. Tightly plotted. Strong moral stand. This page turner keeps the reader on edge. Couldn’t put it down.
★★★★★ First time I’ve read this author and I find that I lived these books! I’ve already downloaded another series. Riveting, hard to put down, and clean action books! Must read!
★★★★★ This author is fantastically gifted at creating true page-turning, adrenaline-raising suspense novels! You will miss sleep and maybe some chores to find out what happens next . . . Makes you feel exactly what each character is going through . . . a genuine talent! I look forward to reading all of his work!
★★★★★ This series has characters that I just loved and some I really disliked and it was hard to put down because I didn’t know what would happen next!
★★★★★ Our Book Club Loved It! Creston has done it again! He draws you into the story with well-developed characters . . . I look forward to a sequel and other books from this author.
★★★★★ Sooper-Rad and KILLER clean mystery! The kind of books I totally dig reading! Thanks Mister Mapes, I’m straight onto the next book.
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Learn More About The Author
Creston Mapes grew up in northeast Ohio, where he has fond memories of living with his family of five in the upstairs portion of his dad’s early American furniture store – The Weathervane Shop. Creston was not a good student, but the one natural talent he possessed was writing.
He set type by hand and cranked out his own neighborhood newspaper as a kid, then went on to graduate with a degree in journalism from Bowling Green State University. Creston was a newspaper reporter and photographer in Ohio and Florida, then moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for a job as a creative copywriter.
Creston served for a stint as a creative director, but quickly learned he was not cut out for management. He went out on his own as a freelance writer in 1991 and, over the next 30 years, did work for Chick-fil-A, Coca-Cola, The Weather Channel, Oracle, ABC-TV, TNT Sports, colleges and universities, ad agencies, and more. He’s ghost-written more than ten non-fiction books.
Along the way, Creston has written 13 contemporary thrillers, achieved Amazon Bestseller status multiple times, and had one of his novels (Nobody) optioned as a major motion picture.
Creston married his fourth-grade sweetheart, Patty, and they have four amazing adult children. Creston loves his part-time job as an usher at local venues where he gets to see all the latest-greatest concerts and sporting events. He enjoys reading, fishing, thrifting, bocci, painting, pickleball, time with his family, and dates with his wife.
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STAND ALONE THRILLERS
I Am In Here
Nobody
SIGNS OF LIFE SERIES
Signs of Life
Let My Daughter Go
I Pick You
Charm Artist
Son & Shield
Secrets in Shadows
THE CRITTENDON FILES
Fear Has a Name
Poison Town
Sky Zone
ROCK STAR CHRONICLES
Dark Star: Confessions of a Rock Idol
Full Tilt