Hollow Crib (A Magnolia Parish Mystery)

It’s November in southeast Louisiana and the only thing Detective Brandon Berger
wants is to keep his anniversary promise to his wife. Then a mysterious death
derails his plans. As he and his partner, Dawn Luke, investigate the case, the
evidence trail leads them to the Magnolia Faith Church and its pastor, Father
Isaac Stewart. But they are unable to prove anything because of the tightlipped
parishioners, and the case turns cold. Further north, William Chandler takes his
wife, Claire, and their infant daughter, Gracie, on a camping trip to the
Skybald National Forest. The last time he was there, twenty-two years earlier,
he watched his father die in a violent accident. He’s returning to quietly sort
through some personal demons, but when they arrive and find a peculiar stranger
talking to his pit bull about blowing things up, he questions the logic behind
returning to the scene of his youthful tragedy. Then William finds himself
arrested for murder. He swears he’s innocent, but the evidence against him is so
damning, even Claire thinks he’s guilty. The Magnolia Faith Church might be the
key to helping William prove his innocence, but making the 251- mile connection
could be deadly…