The Last Good Christian

The year is 1968In a gritty New England city two days before Christmas a priest is discovered hung up on rocks in a river murdered. The killer is never found and the case goes cold.Twenty-eight years later the perpetrator resurfacesObsessed by the Medieval Inquisitions assault on Cathar heretics a religious fanatic becomes an avenging angel by subjecting the Dominican brotherhood at a Rhode Island college to the same penances and punishments that their 13th and 14th century counterparts inflicted on the Lanquedocs unbelievers.An unsolved case is re-opennedPolice detective Georgette Duby saddled with serious domestic baggage stalks the murderer. Trip Allen an amateur historian holding the key to the perps identity aids her only to have the tables turned on them.