the Sin of Certainty - Western Murder Mystery: Book Five Reverend Eli Tanner Mysteries

Some speak the truth. Others use it to destroy.Larkspur, Kansas, 1893.When traveling revival preacher Brother Thaddeus Crowe arrives in Larkspur, he brings more than fiery sermons and promises of salvation. He has a gift for uncovering the secrets people would rather leave buried-and a dangerous certainty about what should be done with them.Then Crowe is found murdered behind the revival tent.The dead preacher leaves behind a trail of confession cards, private accusations, and enough hidden sins to give half the town a reason to want him silenced.As Reverend Eli Tanner and Marshal Hollis Briggs investigate, suspicion spreads through Larkspur. A banker has something to hide. A husband isn't telling the whole truth. A young woman knows more than she admits. And even Eli finds himself confronting a part of his own past he has spent years avoiding.But evidence can point in the wrong direction, and certainty can be more dangerous than doubt.To find Crowe's killer, Eli must separate truth from judgment-and decide whether knowing someone's darkest secret means truly knowing the person who carries it.Because sometimes the greatest danger isn't being wrong. It's being absolutely certain you're right.The Sin of Certainty is Book Five in the Reverend Eli Tanner Mysteries, an atmospheric historical mystery of murder, faith, guilt, hidden secrets, and the dangerous distance between justice and judgment.