"Jonah of Olympic" by Nat Weaver
Waitress Jonah didn’t come home one night after a shift at Pizza Time. She wasn’t there the next morning. Or the next.
The Babylon Police Department think Jonah is a runaway, but her husband Charlie knows better. He’s frustrated with a lack of progress and running desperately low on resources when he hires private investigator, Mercedes Masterson, to find his beloved wife. Mercedes takes on the missing person's case while struggling with her own personal identity — being a closeted bisexual woman.
Her investigation leads her to an old barber shop which has been converted into a small church called Holy Ghost Fire Temple. By appearances, it’s an intimate community of members who want to please God. But appearances are not always what they seem, especially in religion.
Meanwhile, a weary Dean Ekron of the State Bureau has a growing list of missing persons on his desk including Jonah Keshandra Buckham. Another on his list is Jacqueline Nodine, his young niece.
Why did Jonah disappear? Did she leave her husband? Was she the victim of a crime? Why is there an uptick in missing persons in Babylon? And what does Holy Ghost Fire Temple Church have to do with any of this?
Arrête les conneries.
Rated R: kidnapping; held captive; mention of rape; missing persons; Christian cult; violence and murder both on and off page; Christian cult abuse and manipulation; religious trauma; homophobia; references to racism such as a police killing, slavery, and lynching; death by fire; references to suicide; suicidal ideation; insulting term for sex workers; unwanted physical contact.
About the Series.
Mercedes Masterson Detective Stories is a noir series of books that follows the cases, friends, and colleagues of private investigator Mercedes Masterson that takes place in or around the fictional city of Babylon. Mercedes is a former Babylon Police detective and State Bureau of Investigations agent who goes into the private sector after a decade of fighting police corruption and organized crime.
The series addresses issues such as racism, police corruption, organized crime, and domestic terrorism. The books also include mental health, LGBTQ, and racial minority representation.
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After you've finished reading, please come back and leave a review or comment below.
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Waitress Jonah didn’t come home one night after a shift at Pizza Time. She wasn’t there the next morning. Or the next.
The Babylon Police Department think Jonah is a runaway, but her husband Charlie knows better. He’s frustrated with a lack of progress and running desperately low on resources when he hires private investigator, Mercedes Masterson, to find his beloved wife. Mercedes takes on the missing person's case while struggling with her own personal identity — being a closeted bisexual woman.
Her investigation leads her to an old barber shop which has been converted into a small church called Holy Ghost Fire Temple. By appearances, it’s an intimate community of members who want to please God. But appearances are not always what they seem, especially in religion.
Meanwhile, a weary Dean Ekron of the State Bureau has a growing list of missing persons on his desk including Jonah Keshandra Buckham. Another on his list is Jacqueline Nodine, his young niece.
Why did Jonah disappear? Did she leave her husband? Was she the victim of a crime? Why is there an uptick in missing persons in Babylon? And what does Holy Ghost Fire Temple Church have to do with any of this?
Arrête les conneries.
Rated R: kidnapping; held captive; mention of rape; missing persons; Christian cult; violence and murder both on and off page; Christian cult abuse and manipulation; religious trauma; homophobia; references to racism such as a police killing, slavery, and lynching; death by fire; references to suicide; suicidal ideation; insulting term for sex workers; unwanted physical contact.
About the Series.
Mercedes Masterson Detective Stories is a noir series of books that follows the cases, friends, and colleagues of private investigator Mercedes Masterson that takes place in or around the fictional city of Babylon. Mercedes is a former Babylon Police detective and State Bureau of Investigations agent who goes into the private sector after a decade of fighting police corruption and organized crime.
The series addresses issues such as racism, police corruption, organized crime, and domestic terrorism. The books also include mental health, LGBTQ, and racial minority representation.
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What you get: An epub file that is DRM free and should work on most PCs, eReaders, and mobile devices.
After you've finished reading, please come back and leave a review or comment below.
Accessibility: If you are using a screen reader, you may download this PDF preview of the first three chapters of the book. Click this hyperlink to download the PDF preview.
Waitress Jonah didn’t come home one night after a shift at Pizza Time. She wasn’t there the next morning. Or the next.
The Babylon Police Department think Jonah is a runaway, but her husband Charlie knows better. He’s frustrated with a lack of progress and running desperately low on resources when he hires private investigator, Mercedes Masterson, to find his beloved wife. Mercedes takes on the missing person's case while struggling with her own personal identity — being a closeted bisexual woman.
Her investigation leads her to an old barber shop which has been converted into a small church called Holy Ghost Fire Temple. By appearances, it’s an intimate community of members who want to please God. But appearances are not always what they seem, especially in religion.
Meanwhile, a weary Dean Ekron of the State Bureau has a growing list of missing persons on his desk including Jonah Keshandra Buckham. Another on his list is Jacqueline Nodine, his young niece.
Why did Jonah disappear? Did she leave her husband? Was she the victim of a crime? Why is there an uptick in missing persons in Babylon? And what does Holy Ghost Fire Temple Church have to do with any of this?
Arrête les conneries.
Rated R: kidnapping; held captive; mention of rape; missing persons; Christian cult; violence and murder both on and off page; Christian cult abuse and manipulation; religious trauma; homophobia; references to racism such as a police killing, slavery, and lynching; death by fire; references to suicide; suicidal ideation; insulting term for sex workers; unwanted physical contact.
About the Series.
Mercedes Masterson Detective Stories is a noir series of books that follows the cases, friends, and colleagues of private investigator Mercedes Masterson that takes place in or around the fictional city of Babylon. Mercedes is a former Babylon Police detective and State Bureau of Investigations agent who goes into the private sector after a decade of fighting police corruption and organized crime.
The series addresses issues such as racism, police corruption, organized crime, and domestic terrorism. The books also include mental health, LGBTQ, and racial minority representation.
—
What you get: An epub file that is DRM free and should work on most PCs, eReaders, and mobile devices.
After you've finished reading, please come back and leave a review or comment below.
Accessibility: If you are using a screen reader, you may download this PDF preview of the first three chapters of the book. Click this hyperlink to download the PDF preview.