Congregation: A Suspense NovelAll is not well at St. Barnabas Episcopal. And things are getting worse. Rector Arlen Canby's authoritarian and manipulative style is rapidly driving away long-standing members of the placid Texas congregation. Then comes the sudden news of the sale na dimminent demolition of their historic church building. But nothing prepares the members of St. Barnabas for the apparent suicide attempt that leaves the rector's two children dead and his wife, Cassie, comatose. When Father Dan Kamowski is sent by the biship to officiate at the children's funeral, he finds himself swept into a maelstrom of turmoil, doubt, and danger. Was it suicide or murder? As the visiting priest draws on his experience-hardened inner strength to deal with the sinister undercurrents at St. Barnabas, other lives hang in the balance. |
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