Christian Suspense Authors

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This list of Christian suspense authors was compiled with the help of many of my wonderful newsletter subscribers who have alerted me to some great Christian authors I hadn’t heard of before. Everyone on this list was recommended by a member of the newsletter audience. I did my best to check out every single one of them and have linked you to their author page on Amazon. I’ll use this list to help scout out deals when they happen but I thought maybe you’d like to check them out as well. If you have more suggestions feel free to email me and I’ll check them out.

A lot of these authors write in several Christian genres, not just suspense, so you’ll have to scroll down their book list to see the suspense books. I’ve made notes to help me remember which exact suspense genre they write in and an asterisk * means they routinely have books $4.99 or less each. (I usually post $3.99 or less but a lot of authors have $4.99 as their base price now.)

*Alexa Verde Romantic Suspense

Angela Hunt Mystery (Angela Hunt writes a little bit of everything. Her new books are historicals but they look like they could be a bit suspenseful.)

Cara Putman Romantic Suspense

Charles Martin Mystery

*Christy Barritt Mystery, Romantic Suspense

Colleen Coble Romantic Suspense

Craig Parshall Political Thriller, Legal Thriller, End Times Fiction, Supernatural Suspense

Creston Mapes Thriller

Beauty in Hiding: Beauty in Flight Serial Book 2 (Nutfield Saga 6)

By Patchen, Robin

Cynthia Ruchti Mystery

*Dana Mentink Love Inspired, Cozy Mystery, K-9, Christmas Suspense, Western Suspense

Dani Pettrey Romantic Suspense

Dee Henderson Mystery

Diann Mills Mystery (Founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers.)

*Edie James Romantic Suspense

*Elizabeth Goddard Love Inspired, Romantic Suspense

*Hannah Alexander Love Inspired, Romantic Suspense, Medical Thriller (Husband and wife team. What happens when a writer marries a doctor.)

*Hope Callaghan Mystery, Cozy Mystery (Wrote a bunch of cruise ship cozy mysteries.)

Irene Hannon Romantic Suspense (Missouri author. Because I find that interesting.)

James L. Rubart Fantasy, Science Fiction

*James Scott Bell Thriller, Legal Thriller

Jamie Jo Wright Suspense, Mystery, Psychological Thriller

*Jan Thompson Romantic Suspense, International Technothrillers

Jerry B. Jenkins Futuristic, Legal Thriller, Science Fiction

Jerusha Agen K-9, (Is K-9 a sub-genre?)

Critical Alliance (Rocky Mountain Courage Book #3)

By Goddard, Elizabeth

*Jessica R Patch Love Inspired, Cold Case

*JL Crosswhite Romantic Suspense, Small Town (Also writes as Jennifer Crosswhite)

Jodi Artzberger Romantic Suspense

*Joy Ohagwu Romantic Suspense

*Karen Kirst Love Inspired, Romantic Suspense

Kathy Herman Mystery, Suspense

*Kristen Heitzmann Romantic Suspense, Psychological Suspense

*Laura Scott Love Inspired, Romantic Suspense

*Linda K. Rodante Romantic Suspense

*Lisa Harris Love Inspired, Romantic Suspense

*Lisa Phillips Romantic Suspense, Thriller, Love Inspired

*Liz Bradford Romantic Suspense

*Lorana Hoopes Romantic Suspense, Texas (Can Texas be a sub-genre? Of course it can.)

*Luana Ehrlich Mystery

*Lynette Eason Romantic Suspense, Love Inspired

Lynn H. Blackburn Love Inspired

*Lynn Shannon Romantic Suspense, Love Inspired

*Margaret Daley Love Inspired, Romantic Suspense

*Mary Alford Love Inspired, Amish Suspense, Romantic Suspense

Forgotten Secrets (Vanishing Ranch Book 1)

By Barritt, Christy

Mindy Starns Clark Mystery, Amish Suspense

Nancy Mehl Missouri Author, FBI, Amish Suspense, Thriller

Natalie Walters Suspense, Thriller

Patricia Bradley Romantic Suspense

Randy Alcorn Suspense (Also writes a lot of Nonfiction.)

*Rebecca Deel Suspense

Robert Whitlow Suspense, Legal Thriller

*Robin Patchen Romantic Suspense

*Ronie Kendig Military, Futuristic, Science Fiction, Suspense, K-9

Sara Blackard Romantic Suspense, Thriller

*Sharon Dunn Love Inspired, K-9, Wilderness Survival, Western Suspense, Cozy Mystery (Looks like she took some heat on her cozy series for not labeling her books “Christian.”)

*Shirlee McCoy Love Inspired, K-9, FBI, Christmas Suspense

Steven James Thriller, Futuristic, Some YA (The Bowers Files with the chess themed covers. Remember those?)