Preacher Fakes a Miracle

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In the heart of rural Missouri former physicist-turned-preacher Evan Wycliff is no stranger to mystery-or pain. </strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>2020 New York City Big Book Award - Distinguished Favorite (Silver) in Mystery</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Still grieving the death of his fiancée and navigating the spiritual minefield of small-town faith he's trying to live a quiet life. But when Melissa Benton a troubled teen mother with epilepsy is forcibly taken from her sister's trailer by child welfare officers-and separated from her newborn-Evan's life of uneasy peace is shattered.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He quickly learns Melissa isn't just another runaway. Her baby may be the illegitimate son of Luke Shackleton a wealthy banker's schizophrenic teen heir now locked away in a questionable mental clinic. Evan's mission to find Melissa becomes more urgent as he uncovers a chilling web of corruption: a manipulative psychiatrist complicit clergy human trafficking masked as adoption and a mysterious Eastern European syndicate with secrets to keep.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Evan's investigation pits him against power players who consider people like Melissa disposable. His only ally may be Luke whose psychic connection to Melissa might be real-or madness. To protect them both Evan must do something he's never done before-fake a miracle so convincing it just might save a life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But the deeper he digs the higher the stakes-and the more Evan questions whether justice can ever come without sacrifice.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Blending spiritual suspense gritty noir and sharp-witted dialogue </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Preacher Fakes a Miracle</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a soulful mystery of love faith and the lengths one man will go to uncover the truth. Fans of Louise Penny Julia Spencer-Fleming and James Lee Burke will find a new hero to root for in Evan Wycliff.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is literature masquerading as a mystery.</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Carefully yet powerfully Gerald Jones creates a small stunning world in a tiny midwestern town infusing each character with not just life but wit charm and occasionally menace. This is the kind of writing one expects from John Irving or Jane Smiley. - Marvin J. Wolf author of the Rabbi Ben Mysteries including A Scribe Dies in Brooklyn</span></p>