Nothing to Hide: Support BDB and Enjoy a Great Summer Read
Blogging about the physical form of the Good Book doesn't keep the lights on. Fortunately, there's detective fiction. My latest novel about Houston homicide detective Roland March is in bookstores now. It's called Nothing to Hide, and it's the best book in the series, if I do say so myself. Quite a few Bible Design Blog readers have discovered my fiction and enjoyed it immensely. When you buy my books, you get a great read and help support Bible Design Blog at the same time. If you really want to help out, you can buy my books and recommend them to other people.
To read an excerpt of Nothing to Hide, and order a copy, visit my new website here: jmarkbertrand.com.
Are the books any good? Obviously, I'm going to say yes. For an outside opinion, consider this: Pattern of Wounds, the book that came out last summer, is now a finalist for the Christy Awards in Best Suspense. If you're not familiar with them, the Christy Awards are the top honor in Christian publishing. Byron Borger of Hearts & Minds Bookstore included Nothing to Hide on his Top 10 list for summer reading, too. (If you want to help two great causes at once, buy the book from Byron!)
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J. Mark Bertrand is a novelist and pastor whose writing on Bible design has helped spark a publishing revolution. Mark is the author of Rethinking Worldview: Learning to Think, Live, and Speak in This World (Crossway, 2007), as well as the novels Back on Murder, Pattern of Wounds, and Nothing to Hide—described as a “series worth getting attached to” (Christianity Today) by “a major crime fiction talent” (Weekly Standard) in the vein of Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin, and Henning Mankell.
Mark has a BA in English Literature from Union University, an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Houston, and an M.Div. from Heidelberg Theological Seminary. Through his influential Bible Design Blog, Mark has championed a new generation of readable Bibles. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the Society of Bible Craftsmanship, and chairs the Society’s Award Committee. His work was featured in the November 2021 issue of FaithLife’s Bible Study Magazine.
Mark also serves on the board of Worldview Academy, where he has been a member of the faculty of theology since 2003. Since 2017, he has been an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his wife Laurie life in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.