Brother MalachiThrillers
by Judah LambA monk. A mystery. The dark night of the soul.
Detective Vincent Russo follows the evidence. His brother, a former beat cop turned Carmelite friar, follows the soul. Together they hunt killers who turn the seven deadly sins into murder.
For fans of Ted Dekker, Frank Peretti, Charles Martin, and Steven James
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Case 01The Badge and the Habit
Vincent Russo
Homicide. Follows the evidence.Vincent works the precinct, the forensics and the trail of data. He wants fingerprints, motives and a suspect he can put in a cell.
Brother Malachi
Carmelite. Follows the soul.A former beat cop who traded his badge for a habit, Malachi reads a crime scene like a confession. Every murder leaves a spiritual fingerprint, and he knows the sins behind them.
Seven Sins. Seven Cases.
Each case pits Malachi against a killer driven by one of the seven deadly sins, and opens with a line from St. John of the Cross. Hover or tap the redacted line to see the cure.
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Case 01 · Pride
The Glass Cenacle
“I went in, knowing not where.”St. John of the Cross, Stanzas Concerning an Ecstasy
A monk’s silence is a killer’s undoing.
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Case 02 · Envy
The Redacted Soul
“No other light or guide burning.”St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night
One digital shadow hides a thousand sins.
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Case 03 · Wrath
The Silent Fuse
“I abandoned and forgot myself entirely.”St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night
One man’s rage is the city’s funeral.
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Case 04 · Sloth
The Acedia Fog
“The soul attached to anything fails.”St. John of the Cross
In the city’s heart, apathy kills.
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Case 05 · Greed
The Dead-Weight Vow
“To possess everything, desire to be nothing.”St. John of the Cross, The Ascent of Mount Carmel
A heavy heart is the hardest to carry.
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Case 06 · Lust
The False Glamour
“O sweet burn, O delectable wound.”St. John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love
Behind the mask, the soul rots.
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Case 07 · Gluttony
The Hollow Feast
“Dazed and drunk, I lost sense.”St. John of the Cross, The Spiritual Canticle
A starving soul will eat its own.
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“No other light or guide burning.”St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night
Brother Malachi is a Discalced Carmelite, a son of the order of St. John of the Cross, the poet of the dark night of the soul. These are gritty stories with real darkness in them. Malachi walks into that darkness with no light but faith, and the truth is the only thing sharp enough to cut through it.
Why You Won't Put It Down
Serial killers, ticking clocks and city streets, written with the pace of a modern crime thriller.
Malachi solves crimes with silence, prayer and an eye for the sin behind the evidence.
The precinct and the friary, the badge and the habit, and a family history that won't stay buried.
Christian suspense that explores the thin line between catching a killer and saving a soul.