Detective Mihdí Montgomery is not your average mystery novel detective.
Far from being a hardboiled, reticent loner, he is an outgoing, happily
married father of two children who relies on spiritual principles for
guidance in both his work and personal life. But when a rabbi is
murdered in a Jewish synagogue in an apparent hate crime, Detective
Montgomery's faith is put to the test. A rabbi in the Beth Shalom
Synagogue has been murdered through a blow to the head with a heavy
brass candleholder, and hateful graffiti has been spray-painted
throughout the synagogue. As he begins interviewing people with
connections to the killing, Detective Montgomery finds that different
people had plenty of motives to murder the rabbi. Perhaps it was the
real estate agent who was hoping to buy the synagogue if people moved
out. Perhaps it was the jealous ex-boyfriend of the woman who was in
love with the rabbi. Or perhaps it was the white nationalist who has a
history of posting racist flyers in the area. With such a diversity of
suspects, Detective Montgomery must move quickly to pinpoint the suspect
if he is to keep the synagogue, the town, and his family out of harm's
way.
