{"product_id":"venice-beach-psalms-thomas-fasano-9798987765579","title":"Venice Beach Psalms","description":"A Desperate Father, A Missing Daughter\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Blair is \u003cstrong\u003ethree days sober\u003c\/strong\u003e when Declan Fury walks into his Echo Park office, a space that smells of \"old coffee and new regret\". Fury, the gaunt, aging lead singer of a bygone punk rock band, is desperate. His daughter, Siobhan, grieving the recent death of her mother, has vanished into the world of Prophet Emmett Cain, a charismatic preacher running a \"ministry\" for the lost souls and homeless of Venice Beach. Her last message was a cryptic text: \"\u003cstrong\u003eFound something real. Don't worry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn Undercover Mission with a Past\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a standard missing persons case quickly spirals into something far more personal and dangerous. Blair discovers that the enigmatic Prophet Cain is the brother of a man who died in county jail twelve years ago-a man Blair himself arrested. Unsure if he's walked into a case or a carefully laid trap for revenge, Blair has no choice but to go deeper. To find Siobhan, he must shed his identity and go undercover, becoming \"Pete,\" a lost soul seeking salvation in the very community he intends to destroy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Seduction of Belonging\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlair embeds himself in Cain's \"family,\" expecting a simple con. Instead, he finds a complex world of genuine community and shared hope, built upon a dark foundation of \u003cstrong\u003edrug trafficking, prostitution, and systematic exploitation\u003c\/strong\u003e, all disguised in the gentle language of \"love\" and \"contribution\". As he documents evidence for his LAPD contact, Blair finds himself struggling with an unexpected temptation: the allure of the very belonging he's faking. The line between his mission and his cover blurs, and with his sobriety hanging by a thread, the investigation becomes a battle for his own soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Choice with No Right Answer\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Cain confronts Blair, revealing he knows his true identity, he offers a twisted deal: Siobhan's freedom in exchange for Blair's complete surrender to the family. Trapped between a promise to a father, his duty to the law, and the people he's grown to care for, Blair must make an impossible choice. In the shadows of Venice Beach, where prophets and predators look the same and salvation costs everything, doing the right thing might \u003cstrong\u003edestroy everyone involved\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA noir thriller about faith, exploitation, and the price of redemption in the dark heart of Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Fasano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798987765579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coyote Canyon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Thomas Fasano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801129627903,"sku":"9798987765579","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/venice-beach-psalms-thomas-fasano-9798987765579","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}