Enter by the Narrow Gate (Christopher Worthy/Father Fortis Mystery, #1)

A Detroit detective and an Orthodox priest team up to solve two mysteries unfolding in the Santa Fe area: a missing person's case involving a teenage girl and the ritualistic murder of a young nun. Their dangerous quest will require them to delve into the secret lives of Trappist monks and alienated teenagers and gain insight into obscure religious practices and the cultures of the Southwest. ES Index : 1 Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes Test Text Series Index: Worthy Single Author : David Carlson Original Source : Mirc New Files 03 18 Sorted Author by LN, FN: Carlson, David Title Length : 024 Title Parm D : Enter by the Narrow Gate Title Parm F : Enter by the Narrow Gate Num of Aut : 1 Title Parm B : ( Record ID : 3599 Template Work Area : Worthy ES Name : Christopher Worthy Uncomma Author : David Carlson Title Parm A : Enter by the Narrow Gate A teenage girl has vanished in Santa Fe. Nearby, in the Trappist monastery of St. Mary of the Snows, a beautiful young nun is stabbed to death. Father Nicholas Fortis is on sabbatical at St. Mary's, and when Lieutenant Christopher Worthy of the Detroit Police Department is flown in to help find the missing teenager, the Orthodox monk asks his friend to delve into the nun's murder as well. The two men make a perfect team: the monk's gregarious manner opens hearts and the detective's keen intuition infiltrates psyches. The Book of Matthew refers to the "narrow gate" that leads to heaven. Each of the key players in these two cases was rattling heaven's gate in a frantic and even dangerous quest for salvation. Lieutenant Sera Lacey of the Santa Fe Police, with her captivating looks and insight into the Native Americans and cultures of the Southwest, proves both a boon and a distraction for Worthy. As Father Fortis navigates the social hierarchy of the monks of St. Mary's, he begins to fear their secret agendas. Bowing to the pressure to solve both cases, the investigators let the clues lead them in opposite directions. At the end of one of those paths, Death awaits. Book one in a new detective series featuring Christopher Worthy and Father Fortis.--. Source other than Library of Congress The debut novel pairing a kindly priest and a relentless policeman gives this gripping murder mystery series "a chilling but entertaining start" ( New York Journal of Books ). In New Mexico, two separate crimes have occurred. A teenage girl has vanished in Santa Fe. And in the Trappist monastery of St. Mary of the Snows, a beautiful young nun has been stabbed to death. Father Nicholas Fortis is on sabbatical at St. Mary's, and when Lieutenant Christopher Worthy of the Detroit Police Department is flown in to help find the missing teenager, the Orthodox monk asks his friend to delve into the nun's murder as well. The two men make a surprisingly good team, as the monk's gregarious manner opens hearts while the detective's keen intuition infiltrates psyches. As the cases twist and seem to merge together, the clues lead the unlikely pair in opposite directions. But at the end of one of those paths, death is waiting to claim another victim . . . in this "excellent mystery" that brings together "a great team in Fortis and Worthy" (Rich Zahradnik).