Edited by anniekins at 10-03-2023 04:29
New York District Attorney Butch Karp has no qualms aboutputting David and Nonie Ellis on trial following the excruciating death oftheir young son, Micah. To him, the case is cut-and-dried - recklessmanslaughter. Helpless ten-year-old Micah counted on his parents to protect himfrom the effects of a rare but treatable cancer. Instead, the Ellis familyrelied solely on prayer and the guidance of snake-oil salesman Reverend C. G.Westlund, of the End of Days Reformation Church of Jesus Christ Resurrected, tosave him. Westlund and his zealous followers set up camp outside theDA's office, angrily protesting the indictment of their 'brother' and 'sister,'but the charismatic leader's true objective is to create a diversion from analarming fraud. He coerced Nonie Ellis into signing an insurance policy thatlisted himself and the church as beneficiaries in the event of Micah's death,but he needs the Ellises to be exonerated to get the payout. When David Ellisdiscovers the deception, no amount of faith can save him from his gruesomefate. Amid the firestorm of controversy surrounding the case,Karp's wife, private investigator Marlene Ciampi, heads to Memphis to uncoverWestlund's past. The evidence she finds is enough to blow the top off the conman's scheme - if she doesn't get herself blown away in the process. Back inManhattan, meanwhile, Karp is confronted by a deadly nemesis from the past whohas explosive plans of her own.
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