Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781667886459
Format: Trade paperback (US)
Year: 2023
Publisher: Bookbaby


Description:
Night. DRIP! DRIP! Footsteps on the stone floor kept eerie time with the splat of dripping blood from a corpse dangling upside down from the cross over the altar. There is a murder in Prague. This activates the duties of THOMAS ADWELL, spokesperson for the office of the Holy See. An attractive man in his thirties, Thomas has spent ten years serving punishment and forced to wait for his confirmation as priest. On hold for his outspoken thoughts, he suspects that his church-imposed hold may be nearing an end as he is dispatched to handle a gruesome murder and a potential serial killer in Prague. He hopes if he can clean up the bad press, he will be released and given his collar.

Arriving, Thomas is whisked to the murder site where he meets KARINA KARLOVA, a beautiful businesslike adjunct for the Lord Mayor's office and DETECTIVE NOVAK, an arrogant sod with a one-track mind for crime in charge of the investigation. Three different agendas drive suspicion and tension. After seeing the crime scene, Thomas is taken to St. Vitus run by his former mentor and friend ARCHBISHOP SCARLETTI pushed up the ranks with his diplomatic demeanor and dedication to his church. A strained reunion since Scarletti played a role in Thomas' punishment. Thomas, not wanting to relive hurtful memories sets a press conference to do his job and get out.

JIRI SEMECKA, a young and determined artist and one in a group of ?local radicals that protest the church, is picked up for the murder. During interrogation, he reveals a connection to Thomas. Jiri shows drawings he made referring to the lost gospels of Thomas the basis of Thomas' research that was h