The Good Priest

Father Vincent Ross’ life has been in a bit of a turmoil recently.  He has been accosted by a gang of drunken youth and a married woman has made a pass at him.  Most troubling was that one of the group of youth had accused a fellow priest of being a paedophile.  What was Ross to do?

Later a man confessed to him that he had killed a man!  Bound by canon law, Ross could tell no one, nor did he know the killer, however the killer did name his victim.  Could the victim be the bishop?  He had the same name.  He calls 999 to warn of the bishop’s attack, and finds out next day that he had survived.

When questioned by a DS, Ross refused to answer.  Not long after this it’s reported that the killer had been found.  He had committed suicide and left a note admitting to the attack.  Father Ross is convinced that the suicide was not the attacker, because he knew him, and his voice wasn’t the one he had heard in the confessional.

A few weeks later, Father Ross is attacked in his own home by the husband of the woman who had made a pass at him.  Ross goes into a retreat to recover.

What follows is a series of murders.  Ross is certain that they are associated to the theft of a book from the bishop’s house when he was attacked, because all those who have been killed were at one time priests and accused of being a paedophile.  However, the police are unaware of the connections.

Author Gillian Galbraith includes many of Father Ross’ personal trials and tribulations as he sets about his own investigation into the murders, but will it lead to his own death?  Read on!  A good, quick read.