A dark and suspenseful debut. Detective T. J. Peterson has a problem, and it's notjust how much he's drinking or the daily, silent, tormentingvideo calls from his estranged daughter. A Catholic priest hasbeen bludgeoned to death in church, apparently by a symbol ofhis faith; an unidentified woman's body had been found; anda deranged teenager has slashed herself and bled to death inPeterson's arms. He's barely holding it together. Then a youngwoman, a possible witness, turns to him for help, propelling himinto the sleazy, violent world of underage prostitution, sexualabuse, and human trafficking as he tracks a merciless killer.Bob Kroll's debut novel is a stylish and riveting explorationof both the consequences of depravity and the sometimes-extraordinaryresilience of the human spirit.