Mysterious Ways.

Mysterious Ways

Terry Burns

River Oak

4050 Lee Vance View Colorado Springs, CO 80918

ISBN# 1589190270 $12.99 320 pages

Terry Burns is a 5th generation Irish story teller. Terry has published over 200 articles and short stories as well as a small book of poetry and short stories entitled COWBOY'S DON'T READ POETRY. Two of Terry's inspirational books are DON'T I KNOW YOU and TO KEEP A PROMISE. Also coming out in 2005 is TRAILS OF THE DIME NOVEL.

Amos Turnbuckle spots what he feels will be the perfect disguise to use after his next robbery. So he takes a preaches black-frocked suit off a clothes line. Unknowing to Amos, this pilfering of a preachers clothes will have a far reaching effect on Amos life that he ever imagined. With his new disguise in his saddle bags, Turnbuckle stops the stage headed for Sweetwater, taking money from all the passengers except Judy Valentine.

Leaving the passengers and driver standing by the side of the road, Amos takes the coach further up the trail where he changes clothes and returns to begin his charade. Entering Sweetwater, Amos as expected, is mistaken for the new preacher. Now his life begins to get interesting. Turnbuckle meets Joseph Washington a blind black man, although educated, plays the part of an ignorant ex-slave.

Joseph upon first meeting Amos, knows immediately that Turnbuckle is not a preacher, however, Washington does see the Lord working through Amos in his disguise as a preacher. Amos after a time decides he needs a road stake to get out of Sweetwater before he is discovered for who he really is.

Amos schemes will come back to play an important part in his newly discovered faith in the Lord. Terry Burns throw in some clever plot twists, in particular, Amos preaching on the book of Amos along with the trial of Amos and the verdict handed down by the judge. MYSTERIOUS WAYS is an excellent book worth reading.