Absolution

by John A. Vanek

Overview

Father Jake Austin’s alcoholic father suddenly returns to town, decades after deserting him as a young boy. His dad is fleeing a vindictive drug lord and begs him for help. Although Jake detests his old man for abandoning him, he can’t allow him to be murdered, so he enlists the help of his friend, Sheriff Tremont Macon. Because of his dad’s deteriorating health, he is admitted to the hospital and placed in a room adjacent to an injured drug mule, allowing Macon to station an armed guard outside their rooms for protection.

Despite police security, the gang murders the drug mule and Sheriff Macon decides to place Jake’s father into protective custody in jail. There, he learns that Jake’s dad has not only stolen uncut cocaine from the drug dealers but has also witnessed the kingpin order a murder. The mob wants the coke back and Austin Sr. dead.

Because the mob cannot get to Jake’s father, they unleash their wrath on the people closest to Jake and the violence escalates. Will the sins of the father be visited on his son, as prophesied in the Bible? In a desperate attempt to shut the drug ring down, the FBI asks Jake to be the bait in a sting operation. Will Jake turn his back on the father who deserted him as a child, or will he turn the other cheek and save him from a vengeful drug lord, risking his own life and the lives of those he loves?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781603816236
Publisher:	Epicenter Press (WA)
Publication date:	03/03/2020
Series:	A Father Jake Austin Mystery , #3
Pages:	204
Sales rank:	1,130,102
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

John Vanek graduated from Case Western Reserve University, where his passion for creative writing took root. He received his M.D. from the University of Rochester and practiced medicine in Ohio for a quarter century, but his interest in writing never waned. Medicine was his life, but mysteries became his drug of choice.

Editorial Reviews

“John Vanek writes from a place of unusual experience and expertise while bringing the reader into worlds of mystery, medicine, and religion — and the human connections that bridge them all. Father Jake Austin is an intriguing and emotionally compelling character.” -- Michael Koryta, New York Times bestselling author of How It Happened

"John Vanek guides the reader through the seldom-seen worlds of both medicine and the priesthood. His years as a physician at a Catholic hospital make him the perfect creator of this literary mystery." -- Sterling Watson, Professor of Creative Writing at Eckerd College, and author of Suitcase City.

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