Salvation Boulevard: A NovelSome cases test a private investigator's wits, others test his courage, and still others, his character. In Salvation Boulevard, P.I. Carl Van Wagener has found a case that tests them all, and then goes on to test his soul. A professor is dead and a suspect -- who has confessed -- is in custody. But nothing is what it seems. After all, the dead man is an atheist professor, the accused an Islamic foreign student, the defense attorney a Jew, and the detective a Born Again Christian. As Carl gets deeper and deeper into the investigation of the death of professor Nathaniel MacLeod, his most basic beliefs and relationships are tried and his world is turned upside down. The mega-church, the pastor, and his new wife who have redeemed Carl from a life of grim debauchery insist on his dropping the case. But he can't stop searching for the real killer and the truth -- no matter what the personal cost. Salvation Boulevard is a page-turning thriller in the tradition of John Grisham and Richard Condon that grapples with the ecstatic and entropic nature of religious faith in contemporary America. |
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... Alright, this is over,” the older of the two said. Manny flipped open his cell phone and took the guy's picture. Then his partner, then one of Ahmad holding my knee and sobbing like a boy who'd just been raped. “He's lying,” the older ...
... Alright, this is over,” the older of the two said. Manny flipped open his cell phone and took the guy's picture. Then his partner, then one of Ahmad holding my knee and sobbing like a boy who'd just been raped. “He's lying,” the older ...
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... Alright, maybe they do it in Afghanistan, Iraq: there's a sweep, they pick up Ali and Abdul, and they throw 'em in Abu Ghraib. Or grab some guy, funny name and mustache at the border, and put him on a plane to Syria. “The kid's an ...
... Alright, maybe they do it in Afghanistan, Iraq: there's a sweep, they pick up Ali and Abdul, and they throw 'em in Abu Ghraib. Or grab some guy, funny name and mustache at the border, and put him on a plane to Syria. “The kid's an ...
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... alright. When?” “Now. Come out to the prison with me.” I nodded. He took the fancy suit jacket off the back of his chair and slipped it on. It was a beautiful piece of tailoring. “I got a question for you,” I said. A capital crime, a ...
... alright. When?” “Now. Come out to the prison with me.” I nodded. He took the fancy suit jacket off the back of his chair and slipped it on. It was a beautiful piece of tailoring. “I got a question for you,” I said. A capital crime, a ...
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... alright,” I said. “He's just got something for you to drink.” Then I said to Lee, “I'll take it,” holding my hand out, and Lee gave me the cup. It was dark, Coke, Pepsi, some kind of cola. I passed it to Ahmad. His chains only let his ...
... alright,” I said. “He's just got something for you to drink.” Then I said to Lee, “I'll take it,” holding my hand out, and Lee gave me the cup. It was dark, Coke, Pepsi, some kind of cola. I passed it to Ahmad. His chains only let his ...
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... Alright, alright, you want me to say I killed him. I will say it. Okay. I killed him. I killed him . . . Why? Tell me again, why?” “He was a fuckin' atheist, that's why.” “Okay, I killed him because . . .” “No, you dumb fuck,” a ...
... Alright, alright, you want me to say I killed him. I will say it. Okay. I killed him. I killed him . . . Why? Tell me again, why?” “He was a fuckin' atheist, that's why.” “Okay, I killed him because . . .” “No, you dumb fuck,” a ...
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Page 157 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Page 108 - Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
Page 71 - God is great. I bear witness that there is no God but God.
Page 146 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, That the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 35 - Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
Page 189 - Ask, and it shall be given you : seek, and you shall find : knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Page 287 - As the vice regents of God, we are to exercise godly dominion and influence over our neighborhoods, our schools, our government, our literature and arts, our sports arenas, our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors — in short, over every aspect and institution of human society.
Page 147 - I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples ; And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.