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Plots: Detective Benoit Blanc teams up with an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history. Temptation, greed, and death under suspicious circumstances have crept into Monsignor Jefferson Wicks’ unpopular parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude. And now, someone who claims innocence is about to suffer for the sins of others. But they swear to God that their conscience is clear. To separate the wheat from the chaff, private detective Benoit Blanc steps in, believing he has all the answers to the knotty mystery. Instead, for the first time in a long while, the esteemed investigator second-guesses himself. After all, everyone in town is convinced that they have the culprit. However, they are all lying, including Wicks’ flock of devotees; in this den of vipers, they all know how to cover their tracks. Still, an impossible crime demands a solution. Will Blanc uncover the truth and set them free? When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest but devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix, circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt, tightly wound lawyer Vera Draven, aspiring politician Cy Draven, town doctor Nat Sharp, bestselling author Lee Ross, and concert cellist Simone Vivane. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.