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The Vicar's Dog
Paperback
HumorMystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Dec 15 2020
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
When Vicar Gabriel Johnson arrives in the small kingdom of Utte, he expects to lead a struggling parish. Instead, he encounters a king waiting for British merchants, a traditional chief suspicious of missionary certainty, and a community where Christian faith and ancestral authority exist in uneasy proximity.
Then Collar, the Vicar's beloved Chihuahua, disappears into Tomosoko Forest.
Hunters discover blood, evidence of an animal being slaughtered and Collar's abandoned neckband. Suspicion falls upon Prince Demola and Jaja, two boys who secretly entered the forest in search of meat for the Vicar's welcome dinner.
Nobody saw exactly what they killed.
Nobody examined what they brought home.
Everyone ate the Asun.
When a terrifying proclamation gives the guilty three days to confess, fear spreads through Utte. The king dreams of barking. The chief hunter searches tradition for protection. Gabriel begins hiding the truth from his wife. And Jimoh, the loyal corporal who searched for Collar, is drawn towards a secret plan devised by powerful men desperate to save their own households.
As rumour becomes evidence and fear disguises itself as wisdom, Utte must confront a disturbing question:
When everyone is searching for protection, who will protect the person chosen to bear the blame?
Rich in humour, suspense and dramatic irony, The Vicar's Dog is a compelling story of faith, justice and the frightening ease with which an innocent person can become the solution to an offence they did not commit.
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