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Publisher: Contempt of Court
Pages: 454
Weight: 1.03
Height: 1.01 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A pastor. A confession. A murder that pulls an entire city into the courtroom.
When Pastor Caleb Mercer hears a desperate confession from a frightened man connected to a murder investigation, he believes the moment will remain where it belongs-under the sacred trust of pastoral care. But within hours, the man is dead, the police are asking questions, and powerful people want Caleb to reveal what was spoken behind closed doors.
As the investigation widens, Caleb discovers that the crime is only the surface of something much darker. Old land records, buried evidence, a missing man from decades earlier, and a powerful judge with secrets of his own begin to expose a conspiracy that reaches from the courthouse to the church itself. What began as one man's confession becomes a battle over truth, silence, faith, and the limits of the law.
With his family under pressure, his church under public scrutiny, and the courts demanding answers, Caleb must decide what can be revealed, what must remain protected, and whether truth can survive when powerful men have spent years burying it.
Contempt of Court is a gripping legal thriller about faith, justice, corruption, and the cost of doing what is right when the truth is dangerous. It is a story of buried secrets, moral courage, and one pastor's refusal to let sacred trust become another weapon in the hands of the powerful.
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