Playing Saint

By: Zachary Bartels

Narrated by: Zachary Bartels

Yesterday, Parker Saint's only concern was his swiftly rising star power. Today, he's just trying to stay alive.

Parker Saint is living the dream. A cushy job at a thriving megachurch has him on the verge of becoming a best-selling author and broadcast celebrity - until life takes an abrupt turn that lands him on the wrong side of the law. To avoid a public scandal, he agrees to consult with the police on a series of brutal murders linked by strange religious symbols scrawled on each victim.

Parker tries to play the expert, but he is clearly in over his head. Drawn ever deeper into a web of intrigue involving a demanding detective, a trio of secretive Vatican operatives, and a centuries-old conspiracy to conceal a mysterious relic, he realizes for the first time that the battle between good and evil is all too real - and that the killer is coming back...this time for him.

©2014 Thomas Nelson Books (P)2020 Zachary Bartels

Critic reviews

"A thought-provoking exploration into the power of faith and the reality of evil. Filled with memorable characters and tight writing, Playing Saint is an impressive debut from an author to watch." (Steven James, best-selling author of Placebo and The Queen)

Fascinating and Thought Provoking

Honestly when I first read this book I expected it to be super preachy but was pleasantly surprised that it's actually a great mystery, with interesting ideas behind its depiction of possession rather than a half baked horror movies ideas of it, I originally owned it physically but got it here cause I wanted to reread it but didn't have the time, I would recommend even for someone who isn't specifically christian like myself