^Jon L. Breen What about murder?.: a guide to books about mystery and detective . 1993 "The author has also turned up numerous lesser-known or one-shot authors, including James H. Hunter, an author of early evangelical Christian thrillers, notably The Mystery of Mar Saba (1940)."
^David Aikman Billy Graham: His Life and Influence 2007 - Page 134 "Bob Jones University withdrew its advertising from Evangelical Christian, a Toronto magazine, because of a raging debate between the Jones family and the magazine's editor, Dr. J. H. Hunter, who refused to print an article by Bob Jones Jr. .In the correspondence between Jones Jr. and Hunter, Jones reiterates the charge that Graham was sponsored in New York by "modernists of various stages of heresy and apostasy""
^Greg Gatenby Toronto: a literary guide 1999 "Hunter wrote evangelical mystery novels which apparently sold thousands and thousands of copies in Canada and the USA. At least one of them, The Great Deception (1945) was written at this address. Internal and other evidence suggest he was born in Scotland, came to Canada in 1915 - and worked as a journalist for most of his life. From c. 1926-36 he was a reporter for the Globe, but by the fifties he was the editor of the Evangelical Christian."