What do you get when you combine a story about an alleged stigmatic priest, a town seeking healings from this priest, a skeptic who is not a cynic, and then the death of this priest on Good Friday? You get Bleeder: A Mystery
I was pretty well hooked from the first pages on and the novel never disappointed. The story is written as a mystery as to whether the priest was murdered and the various motives of people none to happy to have him there in their midsts. It certainly kept me guessing. Plus the novel is more than a mystery novel in that it also uses mystery in the Catholic sense. There is a sense of the mystery of God throughout and the author does not try to dot every i when it comes to answering these mysteries, but gives them the proper place. The theology presented in this novel is pitch perfect, though is not a preach novel with hit you over the head Catholicism – but an excellent mystery novel with some theological elements. Highly recommended.
Disclaimer: I received this novel from the author who is part of the Catholic Writers Guild.
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You review the coolest books. I loved Crown of the World, and now I’m going to get this. This looks like it will make a great Christmas gift. There’s not too many Catholic novels out there worth reading, and it’s nice to see something other than theology/philosophy.