Death on the Night Watch (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781452893259)

Reverend Robert Vander Laan regularly gets into hot water with his Dutch American denomination because of his offbeat ministry to gang kids, hippies and the bar crowd. That kind of trouble seems minor, however, compared with his discovery of a gang girl's bloody corpse. Now Rob must decide whether his ministry includes solving the murder and preventing the murders of more of his "congregation." Death on the Night Watch is a 79,000-word mystery set in 1969 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With a motley crew of helpers-including his seventy-year-old secretary, the president of the Lost Souls gang, and a sexy cocktail waitress-the clergyman seeks to stop and solve the murders, risking much of what he holds dear. When Rob's snooping begins to have dangerous consequences for his family, his marriage hits the skids. The police detective assigned to the case views Rob and his ministry are a major hindrance to the cops' efforts to rid the streets of gangs and hippies. But is there a deeper reason for Detective Johnson's hostility? The story explores the conflict between the expectations of others and one's own sense of calling or duty, even as it dances between the horrors spawned by evil minds and the laughter that keeps the heart alive.

Author: Terry A. Hager
ISBN-10: 145289325X
ISBN-13: 9781452893259
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2010
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Foreword 06/27/2011