Wages of Sin

Revisiting the moody New Orleans setting she evoked in Mortal sins, Penn Williamson, who has over two million books in print, is sure to draw comparison to bestselling author James Lee Burke with this spell-binding novel of suspense. In an abandoned waterfront warehouse in New Orleans, the body of a local priest has been discovered. The cause of death: crucifixion. Now, Damon Rourke, the hard-nosed detective introduced in Mortal Sins, again finds himself combing the seedy back streets of his city in an attempt to catch a killer--even as a shocking mystery is revealed. The dead priest was in reality a woman, whose longstanding masquerade may have contributed to her murder. As Rourke is drawn ever deeper into the investigation, a series of disturbing events puts him, and then his family, in immediate danger. As the killer closes in the suspense keeps building right up to the final, explosive confrontation.