Rite of Wrongs

Honor thy father and thy mother.

Stress is a constant in Detective Miriam Romes life due to her heavy caseload. Now shes facing an especially gruesome crime: a pediatricians wife has been brutally murdered, and a Bible verse written in her blood is found at the scene. As the tranquil city of Union Park, Texas, is left reeling, Detective Rome pursues every possible lead in her search for the murderer.

When a second slayingand second bloody quoteseems to confirm that a serial killer is at large, Rome is forced to turn to her former partner for his particular insight. Father Augustine Treece had walked away from police work, but now Romes request has drawn him back into the grisly world he thought hed left behind.

Working to stay ahead of the murders, Detective Rome and Father Treece must forgive their past to protect the next victima task that tests Romes limits when the killer hits too close to home.