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"A COMBINATION OF SINISTER BLEAKNESS AND EVER-PRESENT DANGER-FATHER BARRETT IS BACK FOR BOOK THREE IN THIS SINISTER MYSTERY SERIES. Ex-Vatican investigator Father Michael Barrett has been ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous by his superior, Archbishop Crowe. Coinciding with a surge in violent street crime and the appearance of a strange newcomer among the local homeless population called the Garbage Messiah, Barrett's attendance at AA leads to him forming a bond with Anglican minister Kelly Ward-an ex-infantry officer still haunted by her tour of duty in Afghanistan. Thus, when Barrett's deacon goes missing and local crimes escalate to stabbings and shootings that sideline law enforcement, Barrett and Ward decide to join forces. Two priests, an ex-cop and an ex-soldier, plunge into a maelstrom of evil and criminal violence-pulling no punches in their effort to find a missing deacon, take down the Garbage Messiah and spare small-town Fulton from becoming a war zone"--

FATHER BARRETT IS BACK FOR BOOK TWO IN THIS SINISTER MYSTERY SERIES.Ex-Vatican investigator Father Michael Barrett is still adjusting to life as parish priest in the backwater town of Fulton, British Columbia when he is called to the deathbed of Arnold McLellan-Fulton's wealthiest man.Death is complicated at the best of times. But McLellan's heirs are at odds, and his main asset, the Spirit Ranch Estates development, is tied up in litigation with the local tribe. As a mysterious break-in at Barrett's parsonage coincides with the unexplained disappearance of First Nations youths, a series of clues tie the missing kids to the disputed estates. Too soon, Barrett finds himself torn between the roles of investigator and mediator in a brewing conflict between the tribe and the local townspeople.Can Barrett race against the clock to find the missing kids while working to prevent the town from descending into total war?

A HARD-DRINKING, TWO-FISTED PROTAGONIST IN THE MIDST OF A PARADE OF COLORFUL CHARACTERS-GRITTY REALISM AT ITS FINEST.After years of tracking down pedophile priests, Vatican investigator-and former cop-Father Michael Barrett snaps and beats one to near-death. Spared a trial by church intervention, he is transferred to a backwater parish in Fulton, British Columbia and told to behave himself.On one drunken night, Barrett crosses paths with the Paladins-who coerce him into accepting five thousand dollars to conduct a secret funeral for a victim of biker "justice." Caught in a sinister web of danger involving vanishing corpses, crooked police officers, phony Navy SEALs, feuding biker gangs and plenty of cold-blooded violence, Barrett alone knows how all the pieces fit together. Too bad he's sworn to the silence of the confessional.In a wilderness big enough to hide a hundred bodies-where one priest must be both minister and executioner-death and justice share the same tormented advocate.