Prey to the Lord
A Detective John Bello Novel
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He went out to his van and returned pushing a dolly that contained a large crate. “I must admit, you are going to see the creativity in this, Kyle. The Lord ordered me to provide a ‘group’ for you that acts only on instinct.” He opened the crate to reveal a cage that housed a large number of rats. Kyle saw them crawling over each other, and they were large, hungry and aggressive. The deliveryman produced a large plastic bag and said, “Kyle, what do rats love to eat, particularly when they have been starved for the past week?” Jenkins shook his head vigorously. “Let me tell you then…candy!” He showed Kyle the open bag which contained candy of all types, from chocolate bars to peanut butter cups. “And Kyle, the Lord thought that the candy children love the most would be an appropriate food to attract the rats. Oh, this is so delicious, pun intended. I put the candy all over you, as well as inside you,” he said sheepishly, as he stretched rubber gloves over his hands.
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The honorable organization Empowering Children is committed to mentoring kids from broken homes. At least, that’s ostensibly their pupose. In reality, EC is a clandestine organization comprised of men who trade child pornography and molest children. Now, they’re being hunted by a religious fanatic who is murdering them one by one in increasingly violent ways. Detective John Bello and his partner, Barry Schmidt, lead a skilled team in charge of identifying and stopping this zealous serial killer, despite their moral qualms over protecting the monsters of the EC—whose membes include priests, judges, and powerful businessmen. The killer has somehow obtained the secret EC membership list and uses it to his advantage. The murderer is a master of disguise who believes he has been ordered by God to remove these perverts from society. Cunning and ruthless, he eliminates the organization’s members while harboring a dark secret that drives his actions, in the name of the Lord. Due to a head wound sustained in Vietnam, Bello developed a special ability that enables him to see events from a different point of view. It is this skill that will lead him to his killer, but can he do so before the dangerous psychopath achieves his apparently divine goal?
About the Author
Frank Catanzano is a journalist and musician. He and his band, The Express, play clubs and casinos in the Pittsburgh area. A former public relations director for the Pittsburgh Symphony, he has worked for entertainers such as Marvin Hamlisch and Jerry Lewis. Prey to the Lord is his fourth novel.