The Vicar's Confession

A DCI Isaac Cook Crime Thriller

By: Phillip Strang

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Reverend Charles Hepworth walks into the police station and places a blood-soaked knife on Detective Chief Inspector Isaac Cook's desk. "I killed the man," he says calmly.

The vicar is a good Samaritan, friend to the downtrodden, almost a saint to those who know him. The dead man, Andreas Maybury, was not a man to mourn—but why would a self-professed pacifist commit such a brutal murder?

Cook knows something doesn't add up. The confession is too neat, too willing. A man of God doesn't just suddenly kill someone, especially not with a knife. What drove a peaceful man to violence?

Before Cook can uncover the truth, Hepworth is killed in his prison cell. Suddenly, everyone's ducking for cover. What did the vicar know? Who needed him silenced? And was his confession genuine, or was he protecting someone?

As Cook digs deeper, he discovers that the church's compassion sometimes shields the darkest sins—and that martyrdom can be a weapon as deadly as any knife.

What secret was worth two murders and a false confession?

Perfect for fans of Peter James, Ian Rankin, and Lynda La Plante.