Eyes of Elisha

Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan (2001)
ISBN 0310239680
Reviewed by Kim Peterson for Reader Views (2/06)

While dining with her husband and his prospective employee, Chelsea Adams witnesses the last moments of a murdered woman’s life. Chelsea wasn’t at the scene of the brutal crime and the murderer thinks no one saw his attack. But, like Elisha the prophet of old, Chelsea experiences a vision—a chilling image that sends her to the police to help them find the victim.

Sergeant Reiger possesses a deep faith and doesn’t ridicule Chelsea’s claims. However, he has no murder to solve and he wonders how her vision could be from God and be wrong. Then Chelsea goes searching and discovers the body she knows has to be out there. Reiger and his partner Detective Turnbow now have a mystery to solve and they must take this vision seriously.

Chelsea’s husband Paul does not embrace her new faith. He becomes more concerned each day as Chelsea accuses their dinner partner— the man he wants to hire as a vice president in his company. Paul hates that Chelsea’s faith is beyond his understanding and he fears she is now in danger from the murderer as Reiger and Turnbow pursue the killer.

Collins weaves faith and suspense together in a fast-paced novel full of surprising plot twists. The story grabs the reader and compels him or her to keep turning the pages—I couldn’t put the book down. The mix of faith, crime and visions could be cheesy, but Collins brings believability to the book’s premise and delivers a delicious sense of terror and suspense. People of faith will appreciate Chelsea’s struggle to obey God’s leading, respect her husband, and see justice served.

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