{"product_id":"the-empty-confessional-tom-hogan-9781736943632","title":"The Empty Confessional","description":"\u003cp\u003e Everything is going Gabe Russell's way. He's successful in his new job, he's a martial arts expert, his novel's about to be published, and he's got a crush on a woman at work that appears to be reciprocated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's just one problem: Gabe is a priest. And he's coming undone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Empty Confessional\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a story of righteous vengeance-and its costs. Torn between his attraction to his former teacher and his calling, Gabe finds release for his religious and sexual frustration through violent penance-retribution against the abusers and rapists he discovers through the confessional and the pedophilic priests within his own ranks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigating these assaults is Carla Jessup, a cynical detective with her own issues with the law. The result is a complicated relationship, in which priest and detective are alternately sources, partners and foes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Empty Confessional\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a complicated tangle of relationships, reckoning, and the struggle between what's legal and what's right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Hogan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736943634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736943632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Laughing Dog Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Tom Hogan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074811556095,"sku":"9781736943632","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_971e9959-c8c0-4ea7-83ac-36b88186c336.jpg?v=1685455924","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-empty-confessional-tom-hogan-9781736943632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}