The Mystery of Iniquity

In this fourth and last novel in the Jon Mote Mystery series, Jon and Judy are entangled in an international plot of evil done and evil revenged. The often confused but always questing Jon finds himself the father of triplets and, for reasons not always clear even to himself, back in church. Judy, his loving sister with mental challenges but a heart as wide as the horizon, is now living with Jon and wife Zillah, helping them raise “our children.”

New to church, but appointed nevertheless to the Missions Committee (soon renamed the Care and Compassion Committee), Jon is asked to be the liaison with an immigrant Muslim family from Iraq that the church wishes to help. No one realizes that offering such help puts everyone in jeopardy, as evil done afar comes near to roost.

The cast of characters from past novels in the series reappear, including the band of residents from Judy’s group home and the iron-willed theologian Sister Brigit. All are involved in this dramatic investigation of the nature of evil in the human experience and all contribute to Jon’s ongoing pilgrimage toward greater wholeness.

SLANT / 2022

ISBN: 978-1-63982-123-5