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La Salle, Eriq. Laws of Depravity (Martyr Maker
Series). Create Space: 2012. ISBN: 1-4775-8211-8 (p) $15.00 ISBN-13:
9781477582114 (e) $3.99
Father O’Conner, found flayed in
his office by the janitor, brings Detectives Quincy Cavanaugh and Tavares “Phee”
Freeman to the scene of the brutal slaying. They follow the corpse to the city
morgue. There they discover FBI Agent Janet Maclin who hopes to relate this
murder to The Martyr Maker. This serial killer is Maclin’s only open case.
Over
a period of thirty years, thirty-six priests and preachers have been murdered
in ways reminiscent of the martyrdom of Jesus and twelve of the major and minor
apostles, twelve murders every ten years.
Dr. Kravitz, New York City’s chief
coroner, following Maclin’s direction, finds a plastic capsule in O’Conner’s stomach
containing a rolled up piece of paper with a passage of scripture written on it,
confirming the perpetrator’s MO. Maclin, Quincy and Phee now work together in
this police
procedural trying to get ahead of a killer that is now threatening
the clergy of New York City.
Coming from diverse backgrounds
each individual peopling this book is flawed and complex. Each character deals
with the evil in his or her background, as well as its cost on the present, in
different ways. The depth of the story and its expected and unexpected twists
and turns, makes for a highly enjoyable read.
La Salle spent two years at the Juilliard
School’s Drama Division. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York
University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Best-known as Dr. Benton in the
television drama ER, La Salle has acted
on and off Broadway and in films. He has produced, directed and written screenplays.
Laws of Depravity is his first novel.
Drawing on his years of experience
in storytelling on the stage, television, and movies, this novel is highly visual
and visceral. This is a “modern
day parable cleverly masquerading as a crime novel:” a study of atonement,
confession, revenge, and evil. Its characters are multi-layered bringing depth
and vivid reality to this police procedural.
Each must confront not only with
the depravity of a twisted mind, but also the defeated or suppressed depravities
that have shaped their own lives and families, that have made them who they
are. The reader is in for a page-turning experience that leaves supper dishes
undone and creates bleary-eyed days at the office.
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