Urcelia Teixeira - Christian Fiction Author
David's Debt - Angus Reid Mysteries Book 9 Paperback
David's Debt - Angus Reid Mysteries Book 9 Paperback
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He came to collect. His final payment was murder.
When a smooth-talking salesman arrives in Weyport with a coded list of debts to collect, everyone barely gives him a second thought.
Until the man turns up dead in a motel room.
At first glance it looks like a heart that simply gave out.
Then Sheriff Angus Reid hears the anonymous call that reported the body.
And everything changes—he knows her voice.
Book 9 in the bestselling Angus Reid Mysteries series.
Synopsis
Synopsis
He came to collect. His final payment was murder.
A smooth-talking salesman rolls into the small coastal town of Weyport with a coded list of debts and a long memory. Nobody gives him a second thought.
Until the man turns up dead in a motel room.
At first glance it looks like a heart that simply gave out.
Then Sheriff Angus Reid hears the anonymous call that reported the body.
And everything changes—he knows her voice.
And the harder Angus pushes for answers, the more he realizes that this stranger didn’t come to Weyport by accident.
Then a prominent member of the community vanishes without a trace, leaving Angus with a murder, a missing person, and the growing fear that the two cases are connected.
One buried sin. One killer who will do anything to keep it in the ground. One sheriff forced to decide how far he'll chase the truth when every road leads back to someone he cannot bear to suspect.
As Angus races against the clock to solve the mystery, he realizes the heaviest debt in Weyport was never that of the corpse found in a lonely motel room, or of the missing man in their seaside town, but the one he's been running from himself.
David's Debt is Book 9 in the bestselling Angus Reid Mysteries—a small-town Christian mystery thriller series set on the rugged coast of Maine, filled with buried secrets, clean suspense, faith-tested characters, and the kind of gasp-out-loud twist that keeps readers up long past midnight.
Perfect for readers who love clean, character-driven whodunits, redemptive Christian fiction, coastal mysteries, and small-town suspense where old secrets have deadly consequences.
Every Angus Reid mystery features a complete case and can be read as a standalone, while readers following Angus’s personal journey will find the continuing story woven throughout the series extra enjoyable.
Inspired by Psalm 32:3 - When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
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Book 9 in the bestselling Angus Reid Mysteries series.
Chapter One Look Inside
Chapter One Look Inside
The town announced itself the way these places always did, with a sign half-swallowed by sea roses and a speed limit nobody meant. Russell Calder eased off the gas and let the car roll down into it, past the boat trailers and the ice cream stand and the church with its white steeple pretending at innocence. Pretty. They were always pretty, the towns where men went to disappear. That was the tell. A man who wanted to be forgotten picked somewhere with a view.
He found the motel where the map said it would be, set back from the road behind a row of shore pines, its vacancy sign buzzing against the last of the light. He parked at the far end, away from the office window, and sat a moment with the engine ticking. He was in no hurry. He had learned a long time ago that hurry was for people who were owed nothing.
When he was ready he leaned back and took his bag from the back seat before he stepped out into the salt air and crossed to the office. A bored clerk took his cash and slid a key across the counter without meeting his eye.
“Room eight, down at the end.”
He found the room and let himself in. It smelled of bleach and old carpet. He set his bag on the bed, drew the curtain against the parking lot, and turned on the lamp. Then he took out the ledger.
It was a cheap thing, black cover soft at the corners, the spine broken from years of being opened to the same pages. Other men kept their debts on phones now, in clean columns that synced to a cloud and could be subpoenaed out of the air. He kept his in ink. Ink didn’t forget, and ink didn’t testify. He sat on the edge of the bed and turned the pages slowly, as though through old photographs, and in a sense they were. Every name was a face. Every face had once looked at him across a table and believed him.
Most of them had paid, one way or another. Some had paid with money and some with fear and a few with things they hadn’t known were his to take. He ran a finger down the column until it stopped on its own, the way it always did, on the one name that had gone unpaid the longest.
He looked at it for a while. Then he uncapped his pen with his teeth and drew a slow circle around the name, once, twice, until the ink stood up off the page.
Funny, what a life could be built on. You put a sin in the ground and covered it over and built something respectable on top, a practice, a family, a pew near the front, and you let yourself believe the ground had closed. It never closed. Calder had made a study of that. The ground remembered where the bodies were, and so did he, and sooner or later he came back to stand on it.
He capped the pen and set it on the ledger and looked at the drawn curtain as though he could see through it, across the pretty little town, to the lit windows of a house where a man was sitting down to dinner and thinking himself safe.
“There you are,” he said softly, to no one. “Time to collect what’s mine.”
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Angus and the gang from Weyport are back in book 9 and what a page turner.
What starts out as a slow burn to reel (suck) you in, by the time you get a few chapters in, you realise you don't want to (or can't) put the book down.
Each chapter keeps feeding you little tidbits, keeping you invested, mesmerised and wanting more (a need to know now).
I was not expecting some of the curveballs Angus has to deal with and there were a few spots that had me guessing what was going to happen next, which is what I love about this series. Everything is kept secret until the last possible moment and then boom 💥 (gotcha)
I can't wait to read Angus's next mystery case as each new story is better than it's predecessor.
Wow! I thought I'd read a few pages of Caleb's Cross last night, but ended up not putting it down until I devoured the whole book! I thought I had the plot figured out, but boy was I wrong!
Urcelia Teixeira did a nice job of dealing with a sticky subject with grace and hope. I'm already looking forward to Angus' next adventure!
WOW......
What a great book.
Angus and his team are back in the depths of mystery, trying to sort out another whodunit.
This one pulled me in from the start and held me captivated till the end trying to work it all out before Angus did.
Have to admit, every time I thought I had it, another twist jumped out at me.
Can you solve the mystery before Angus?
Her best book to date I think. Couldn’t put it down. Catches you from page one. 5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Great variety in settings and storylines. love it. Good clean content
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Sheriff Angus Reid's brother died eighteen years ago, or did he? A recent falsified document has come to Angus's attention making him wonder if Logan might still be alive. As Angus desperately searches for the truth, he faces many obstacles--a complicated maze of paperwork, red tape, threats, and people deliberately trying to impede his search. There is plenty of action in the book, although the main struggle is inside of the sheriff's head. He must wrestle with doubt, obedience to the law, faith, mercy, grace, and what righteousness really means. A quote about Angus: "He needed truth the way other men needed air."
An adorable collie named Scout provides Angus with his only comfort because he is pushing away his friends and reluctant to pray to God about it. The search for Logan might cost Angus dearly as he faces sacrifice.
Great variety in settings and storylines. love it. Good clean content
Loved this story, Hard to put down, intriguing. This set of Christian mystery thrillers are a definite need to read. How to live your faith in every day life regardless of turmoils,
This book is one of the best from this set, It enthralled me all the way to the end. I really enjoyed how realistic every situation was. How Angus Reed was portrayed throughout was just right. Each book can be read as a stand alone and each one impacts powerfully with your faith, love and hope in God and our Saviour, Jesus Christ
This is one in a set of "can't put down" books. You have to get them and you will really enjoy reading them.
Each one of these books can stand alone but my goodness they are so gripping and faith filled that you just have to go to the next book. I give these books a 5 star each.
So good! Great read. Loved the different approach. Hated for it to end. Very impressed with her storylines & writing.
Suspenseful book I really enjoyed it!
Really enjoyed this title! A blessing to find an author who glorifies God in her writing!
I really enjoyed this book. The story was interesting and captured my attention from the very beginning. The characters were relatable, and the writing was very good. Ms Teixeira clearly has a real talent for storytelling.
I was a little worried about the AI narration beforehand, but it turned out not to be a problem at all. I found it easy to listen to and didn’t feel that it took away from the story.
I’m definitely looking forward to listening to the rest of the Angus Reid series!
David's Debt was my favorite in the series so far. It kept me guessing till the end "who done it!" A real page turner all the way through.
First;" Little Boy Lost" had me in tears, and needed to finish it as soon as possible. The ending was unbelievable. This story was so well put together I was there and feeling every emotion . You have to read it. This book also is what caught my attention to wanting to know more of this amazing detective. I have enjoyed every one of these books and still they make me want more. I really love how you bring God into everyday instances. The combination of mystery, everyday life, faith and answered prayer are incredible.
I can’t recall the last time I devoured books in a series like this!! Just love her writing and how each book draws me into the story but also into the Word. This is fiction for Christians at its best! Highly recommend!
Another great read - you can’t read it quickly or skip words or you will miss something! Every word counts!!! I am a “speed reader” and I had to go back and slow down!!! Took some unexpected twists and turns and held you till the end!
All of her books are fantastic. Anxiously await the next one.
Excellent book by a brilliant author.
One of the things I love about Urcelia Teixeira's books is that they stay with you long after you close the back cover. David's Debt is definitely no exception! While the plot will keep you turning pages long into the night, if you don't ponder the phrase, "and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors," then you have missed the message of the book. I might not ever recite the Lord's Prayer again without properly considering what this phrase means.
Urcelia does it again! A suspenseful who done it with all the twists and turns, can’t put it
down that we have come to expect. This one however, hits you differently and challenges you to look inward at what you would do in the characters place. A book about love, redemption, and forgiveness. It made me contemplate, like Angus, forgive me of my debts as I forgive my debtors. A lot of soul searching. An amazing read!
Thank you for the amazing books. They held me captivated from the beginning. It is so refreshing to read mystery novels that are clean. Can't wait to read more!
Urcelia 5+ 🌟
This book really is the one, I have enjoyed the most.
Its been hard to get my head out of thinking about the book.
A highly recommended from me.
I have been supplied with an arc of this book. It has been left to my choice to write a review.
You cannot ask forgiveness for something you will not name. You want to pray, but that means you will have to deal with that unsaid thing.
A stranger in town, seemingly loitering, but is he? Once again the author slowly reels the reader in, making it harder and harder to figure out who the questionable character is. An anonymous 911 call, a missing person, a notebook that seems to make no sense and more leave Sheriff Angus and his deputy, Miguel searching for answers. Nothing seems to add up until
someone finally comes forward with the truth. Will the debt ever get paid?
A copy was received through Purpose Bound Press and BookFunnel. These impressions are my own and were in no way solicited.
From the very first page Urcelia held my interest. She has a way with words. Constant action which makes the mystery more profound.
Sheriff Reid is caught in a dilemma while working this latest case. Things just aren’t adding up and he must face things he does not want to because it is looking like Murphy Delaney his love interest is involved.
There are so many layers with twists and turns as this story unfolds that it keeps you turning pages as you try to keep up with all that is happening.
This story is very well written and keeps you in suspense as to who did what to whom, and little by little you are lead down the path that Angus must follow to find the guilty person.
This series just gets better with each book.
I think you will really enjoy this book, I know I did!!
Angus and the gang from Weyport are back in book 9 and what a page turner.
What starts out as a slow burn to reel (suck) you in, by the time you get a few chapters in, you realise you don't want to (or can't) put the book down.
Each chapter keeps feeding you little tidbits, keeping you invested, mesmerised and wanting more (a need to know now).
I was not expecting some of the curveballs Angus has to deal with and there were a few spots that had me guessing what was going to happen next, which is what I love about this series. Everything is kept secret until the last possible moment and then boom 💥 (gotcha)
I can't wait to read Angus's next mystery case as each new story is better than it's predecessor.
Angus and the gang from Weyport are back in book 9 and what a page turner.
What starts out as a slow burn to reel (suck) you in, by the time you get a few chapters in, you realise you don't want to (or can't) put the book down.
Each chapter keeps feeding you little tidbits, keeping you invested, mesmerised and wanting more (a need to know now).
I was not expecting some of the curveballs Angus has to deal with and there were a few spots that had me guessing what was going to happen next, which is what I love about this series. Everything is kept secret until the last possible moment and then boom 💥 (gotcha)
I can't wait to read Angus's next mystery case as each new story is better than it's predecessor.
Great read. Suspenseful to the very end. Love your writing.
This was a compelling story that started in a previous book. I enjoyed it very much. (I've enjoyed all the books in this series.) However I disagree with Angus that Logan's way of operating was illegal. I did not read anything illegal in the way he resolved serious situations. So that bothered me a bit. But there may have been things done behind the scenes that we, the reader, were not privy to. Overall it was a very enjoyable read.
I was immersed right from the start. Such a great read that keeps you interested until the very end!
A fantastic read Urcelia is a great storyteller with the added bonus of her books been faithful storylines. This is one of her best i feel mind not read a bad one yet.
When Jonah, a young man, desperate to impressed his father ends up getting kidnapped things take a nasty, turn for our hero Sheriff Angus but I can't tell you what it is as I don't like to give spoilers.
So highly highly recommend this novel, I loved it and hope you do as well