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Dark Manna

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By Bruce E. Weber
Published by StoneThread Publishing
$4.99 Rating: Not yet rated.
Published: Sep. 10, 2012
Words: 81,099 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301076413


Short description

In his efforts to save his parish, Father Gowan contends with a bishop who would like to see him defrocked and St. Martin’s sold off, dodges a local crime boss who wants him dead, and struggles to avoid a romantic entanglement with Rosa Dominguez, a sultry widow who reveals her sinful thoughts to him in confession, then invites him to dinner an hour later after Mass.

Extended description

Father Gerry Gowan, the son of a criminal, also is a priest wrongly accused of embezzling Church funds. In disgrace, he is sent to St Martin’s, a rundown parish in a violent, poverty-stricken area the local police refer to as The Swamp. He’s bitter about the assignment until he learns that St. Martin’s is an outpost of desperately needed social services in an area whose toxic racial mixture is primed to explode.
Nothing in his background has prepared him for the urban bloodbath of The Swamp, where the crime rate is the third highest in the nation, gangs engage in open warfare, and less that half the population speaks English.
Aside from that, St. Martin’s century-old buildings are crumbling. The roofs leak, the furnaces are kaput, winter looms, and the parish is mired in penury. Father Gowan is warned by his bishop to expect no financial aid; the diocese is strapped for cash. Despite the odds, he’s determined to save the parish. He tries every legitimate way he can think of.. (Read more)

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catholic, mystery suspense, indianapolis, crime and suspense, bruce e weber

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Review by: Myrna Taylor on Dec. 26, 2012 : (no rating)
Was very surprised on how the author kept you interested in the book to the very end. No lag time. Very good adult reading. Will read more from this author.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

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