The Mystery of the Trinity
Richard Gid Powers
Caravel Book/Pleasure Boat Studio, Sep 1 2014, $19.95
ISBN: 9781912887012
In New Orleans during mass at St. Patrick Church, someone shoots and
kills controversial traditionalist Father Stan Klaves, who has demanded a
return to the Faith of Our Fathers. New
York Timothy Cardinal Ryan gives the eulogy at Father Stan’s funeral. NOPD claims the assassin committed suicide.
Like her late father, Ann Grayce provides benefactions to Cardinal
Ryan who worries his most generous supporter will take over leading the Klaves’
movement. Ann and her beloved Jack Logan
(whom has drawn the wrath of the Cardinal for his work on neuroscience and
spirituality) meet with excommunicated Sister Patricia Sullivan and National
Christian Reporter journalist Peter Newland who witnessed the
assassination. Cardinal Ryan joins them;
insisting that the Church will die if it supports a “culture of death” as
Klaves demanded. Not long afterward in
Alexandria, Louisiana, a gunman tries to kill Ann; but instead murders a
cop. A Greek monk murders the captured
gunman, but escapes back to Mt. Athos, Greece.
This leads to Ann and her allies on a global quest to uncover a Church
conspiracy of death that includes the killing of Father Romero.
The Mystery of the Trinity is an intriguing thoughtful drama that
concentrates on the modern day Catholic Church; especially the schism between
the traditionalists who want to return to the strict past and those who believe
this return denotes a “culture of death” leading to papal suicide. The use of famous people, social media and
locations enhance the overall realism of the intense theme. Not for everyone since the stimulating
storyline contains a lot of passive religious debate (that I personally esteemed);
Richard Gid Power authors a mesmerizing Catholic Church conspiracy thriller.
Harriet Klausner
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