When a priest with radical ideas and a parish council with traditional values lock homs over the beliefs they hold most sacred, there's bound to be controversy - and consequences. But murder crosses the line between committing a sin and committing a crime, turning a battle over faith into a battle for justice. And smack in the middle of the explosive case is Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid. Kincaid had rescued Father Daniel Beale once before when the priest's renegade views and violent temper nearly cost him his position as rector of St. Benedict's Church. Now Beale is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a female parishioner - though lack of evidence has left the case unsolved. But as Father Beale struggles to escape the shadow of suspicion, another woman is savagely slaughtered. And this time, Ben himself discovers Beale literally red-handed...with the blood of the victim. In his heart and in his gut, Ben knows Father Beale is innocent. But proving it means taking a leap of faith that will plunge Ben into the whirlpool of dark secrets and dangerous intentions that surround St. Benedict's.
And ultimately, it will force the idealistic attorney to confront the chilling face of evil in the most unexpected of places.
- ISBN10 0709074875
- ISBN13 9780709074878
- Publish Date 31 March 2004 (first published 1 January 2002)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 March 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English