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The Pastor and the Butcher
Paperback
HorrorMystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Dear Onuoha
Published: May 27 2026
Pages: 410
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.91 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A wedding reception in Dallas turns into a bloodbath, but the failed attack exposes something far darker than random violence.
Detective Bryan Cross and Inspector Harry trace the violence to Jennifer Slaughter, a church accountant who uncovered suspicious transfers from Bishop Ethan Osborne's celebrated mega-church to fictitious orphanages across South America and Africa. Before Jennifer can expose the truth, someone murders her and dumps her body by the riverside.
The case takes a horrifying turn when police rescue Hazel Johnson from a white minibus near Frisco. Her escape leads them to a hidden cabin in Richwood, where another missing girl is barely alive. Inside the cabin, investigators uncover restraints, shallow graves, and the remains of vanished women.
At the centre of the nightmare stands Tom Downey, a quiet mechanic and family man with a monstrous secret. His confession leads detectives toward assistant pastor Diego GarcÃa, dirty money, staged miracles, cartel families, and a church empire built on fear.
Meanwhile, Brenda, the daughter of powerful business executive Chief Maduka Ikoku, must face a devastating truth: the same evil consuming the city involves the father she loves.
The Pastor and the Butcher is a gripping crime thriller about corrupted faith, buried secrets, and the deadly price of following the money too closely.
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