DOUBLE MINDS was an enjoyable novel that delved into the
darkness of Christian Music.The
skeletons portrayed in the Christian market seemed to have no limit.Murder, betrayal, anorexia, thief, it's all
there in its ugliest.
Parker James, is a Christian songwriter that waits in the wings
while her good friend, Serene, reaches superstardom with the songs Parker has
penned.Parker works at a recording
studio, dreaming of the day when she will be able to record her own music and
make a name for herself instead of just being a mention on Serene's liner
notes.
Serene is anorexic and on the verge of self-destruction all
because she feels pressure to fit into a cookie cutter mold of what a singing sensation
should look like.When she crosses over
into the secular realm, she asks Parker to "generalize" her clearly
Christ-centered songs so they can reach a broader audience.
When a teenage girl is murder at Colgate Studios, working a
shift that Parker was slated for, her brother, Gibson James, a detective on the
case worries that the murder has something to do with Parker.When the news is released that the teenage
girl was actually the daughter of one of Colgate Studios rivals, the murder is
no longer treated as a random act of violence.
When Serene offers Parker a chance to come on tour with her,
in lieu of her agreeing to rewrite her songs, Parker feels she's finally going
to get her break.But when another
murder occurs, a suspect goes missing, and Serene's tour manager gives Parker
the boot, nothing is turning out the way if should.
DOUBLE MINDS kept my interest throughout most of the
story.There were areas that dragged,
but over-all I felt pulled to read to the very end.♥