Chapter 43 (last): Preacher Finds a Corpse - Bonus Audiobook Episode GP724
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Episode GP724 Description
A final revelation discloses the real reason Bob felt he couldn't go on.
GP724 Preacher Finds a Corpse - Chapter 43 (09:28 minutes)
Chapter 43
Sunday Morning
First Baptist Church
Evan sat in Thurston’s office waiting for the pastor to summon him to the sanctuary. Marcus had wanted to indulge in a bit of theatrics. He wouldn’t let the congregation know who their guest speaker would be until it was time for Evan to speak.
How about: “God Is All That There Is?”
Bob had been dead for eleven days. During that time, Evan’s role in the world had changed from being an itinerant preacher who struggled to hold the attention of his listeners for scarcely an hour, to an obsessively curious investigator who drew more attention than he wanted, and from the wrong people.
And I got wrong as much as I got right.
Naomi had never liked to wear black, even though Evan was sure she’d look stunning in it. She was demure in the pastor’s guest chair, dressed in a navy-blue frock made less austere by a row of oversized buttons down the front and set off with two strands of classy pearls around her neck, with matching earrings. She had her hair done up in back, lending her the conservative hauteur of the dutiful wife of a minister.
Naomi glared at him and finally broke the silence by observing, “You know you have a death wish.”
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