A Dick Hardesty Mystery 15: The Serpents Tongue
When Dick Hardesty is hired to look into threats against former priest Dan Stabile¸ possibly from someone whose confession Dan heard while still in the priesthood¸ it's just another case. Then¸ on a stormy Sunday¸ on a rain-slick road¸ Dan is killed¸ Dick's partner Jonathan is severely injured¸ and suddenly¸ it's personal. Was the accident really an accident...or murder? Dick learns Dan's secret could involve a child murderer¸ and now it seems the man is stalking their son Joshua and tormenting Jonathan. The objectivity so vital to Dick's role as a private investigator goes out the window as he pursues one lead after another¸ and it begins to look like Dan wasn't the target after all.