The Rosary Murders of Cádiz

Cádiz, Spain.
A city of salt air, candlelight, and secrets whispered behind wooden screens.

When a prominent merchant is found dead inside a confessional—kneeling as if in prayer, a rosary wound tight around his throat—the authorities call it an outrage. But to Tomás de Heredia, investigator for the Holy Office of the Inquisition, the murder looks like something far more deliberate.

A ritual.

The victim's death is only the beginning. Soon another man is discovered the same way: drugged with a r...