"When Father Gilbert traded in his detective's badge for an Anglican priest's collar, he never expected that murder would follow him. Even a church conference in the quant seaside town of Englesea offers no escape.

The vision of a dead woman, water dripping from her body, draws Gilbert into a mystery that seems straightforward, but soon entangles him in a power struggle between corrupt players who want to dominate the illegal sex trade in town. The victims are pawns in a game that extends to London and across international borders.

The dead cry for justice and Father Gilbert fights against forces hiding in the shadows. Can he champion the truth in time to stop more people from dying?"--from the Publisher.

Author Paul McCusker knows how to tell a story. This pacing of this thriller is breath-taking with a plot that is multi-layered and full of surprises. Father Gilbert is drawn by one of his supernatural visions into the world of human trafficking in a town that has a history of hidden evil. Father Gilbert's past as a detective allows him to become involved in the case of a murdered prostitute, but this murder only scratches the surface of what's happening in Englesea. While the reader must deal with the usual questions in such books as to why a civilian (even one who was formerly a detective) would be allowed unfettered access to witnesses and evidence, watching Father Gilbert untangle the strands of this case makes up for a multitude of plot holes. Supernatural elements figure heavily into series, but it is Father Gilbert's ability to solve a mystery that makes it highly readable.

Full Disclosure--Net Gallery and the publisher provided me with a digital ARC of this book. This is my honest review.