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    A Ritual Death
    Cruel Sanctuary
    The Story Knife
    Audiobook series4 titles

    Father Mark Townsend Series

    Written by Brad Reynolds and Father Brad Reynolds

    Narrated by Kevin Foley

    3/5

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    About this series

    When the journalist Angelina Sandoval Ybarra writes a story about the mysterious end-of-the-world preacher Brother Gabriel, Father Mark Townsend loses no time in heading to Yakima Valley where the faithful are gathering. Brother Gabriel's message draws flocks of converts with reports of visions of the Virgin Mary, the 2nd Coming of Christ, and the Rapture that is already beginning. The subsequent disappearance of dozens of Latino farm workers, supposedly "raptured up into heaven" from a locked room in a sealed building has Father Mark suspicious of a scam--perhaps a deadly one. Dark mysteries surround the preacher and his followers, and Father Townsend discovers his fears are well founded. While the believers pray for salvation, death has become a part of their creed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks in Motion
    Release dateNov 1, 1984
    A Ritual Death
    Cruel Sanctuary
    The Story Knife

    Titles in the series (4)

    • 1

      The Story Knife
      The Story Knife

      The Story Knife

      Brad Reynolds
      4/5 - 5 ratings
      4/5 - 5 ratings

      A lawyer with questionable ethics lies dead in a Seattle convention center. He was brutally slain by a ceremonial knife from a village a thousand miles to the north. As a Jesuit priest, Father Mark Townsend has spent much time among the native peoples who inhabit the merciless Alaskan tundra. He recognizes the deadly artifact...and knows the Eskimo tribe that carved the intricate pictures on its ivory handle. Now conscience and duty are calling him back to that place of harsh, frozen beauty and ancient spirits; a land where Inuit people, environmentalists and corporate power structures collide. For there are secrets there that the blade can reveal...and a story it must tell of greed, betrayal...and murder!

      A lawyer with questionable ethics lies dead in a Seattle convention center. He was brutally slain by a ceremonial knife from a village a thousand miles to the north. As a Jesuit priest, Father Mark Townsend has spent much time among the native peoples who inhabit the merciless Alaskan tundra. He recognizes the deadly artifact...and knows the Eskimo tribe that carved the intricate pictures on its ivory handle. Now conscience and duty are calling him back to that place of harsh, frozen beauty and ancient spirits; a land where Inuit people, environmentalists and corporate power structures collide. For there are secrets there that the blade can reveal...and a story it must tell of greed, betrayal...and murder!

    • 2

      A Ritual Death
      A Ritual Death

      A Ritual Death

      Brad Reynolds
      4/5 - 8 ratings
      4/5 - 8 ratings

      As he does every year, Jesuit priest Father Mark Townsend has come to LaConner, Washington, a popular and picturesque small town on Puget Sound, to visit his grandparents during the annual Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley. But this time a corpse awaits him. It's the body of his grandfather's best friend, Dutch Olsen, a man well known for his hatred of Swinomish Indian fishing practices, and for his passion for illegal treasure hunting on tribal lands. Now Father Townsend is caught in the middle of a volatile conflict involving stolen artifacts and vanishing salmon crops. And it's up to him to solve a mystery that could mark his grandfather as a murderer...and bring deadly crimes of the past to life again.

      As he does every year, Jesuit priest Father Mark Townsend has come to LaConner, Washington, a popular and picturesque small town on Puget Sound, to visit his grandparents during the annual Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley. But this time a corpse awaits him. It's the body of his grandfather's best friend, Dutch Olsen, a man well known for his hatred of Swinomish Indian fishing practices, and for his passion for illegal treasure hunting on tribal lands. Now Father Townsend is caught in the middle of a volatile conflict involving stolen artifacts and vanishing salmon crops. And it's up to him to solve a mystery that could mark his grandfather as a murderer...and bring deadly crimes of the past to life again.

    • 3

      Cruel Sanctuary
      Cruel Sanctuary

      Cruel Sanctuary

      Brad Reynolds
      4/5 - 6 ratings
      4/5 - 6 ratings

      There is evidence that St. Joseph parish has an unknown visitor hiding in the church each night. Believing that it could be one of Seattle's homeless youth needing help, Father Mark Townsend leaves a brief note and a $20bill urging the mysterious stranger to come and see him. Instead it is the police who pay him a visit. The body of a dead 14year old boy has been found in the park, badly bruised and violated. In his pocket was the Father's incriminating note. The police want to know about their "relationship." A storm of parish disapproval brews as Father Mark seeks the evidence that can exonerate him and solve the crime. To calm the troubled waters and clear his name he must find the real killer before he strikes again.

      There is evidence that St. Joseph parish has an unknown visitor hiding in the church each night. Believing that it could be one of Seattle's homeless youth needing help, Father Mark Townsend leaves a brief note and a $20bill urging the mysterious stranger to come and see him. Instead it is the police who pay him a visit. The body of a dead 14year old boy has been found in the park, badly bruised and violated. In his pocket was the Father's incriminating note. The police want to know about their "relationship." A storm of parish disapproval brews as Father Mark seeks the evidence that can exonerate him and solve the crime. To calm the troubled waters and clear his name he must find the real killer before he strikes again.

    • 4

      Deadly Harvest
      Deadly Harvest

      Deadly Harvest

      Father Brad Reynolds
      4/5 - 3 ratings
      4/5 - 3 ratings

      When the journalist Angelina Sandoval Ybarra writes a story about the mysterious end-of-the-world preacher Brother Gabriel, Father Mark Townsend loses no time in heading to Yakima Valley where the faithful are gathering. Brother Gabriel's message draws flocks of converts with reports of visions of the Virgin Mary, the 2nd Coming of Christ, and the Rapture that is already beginning. The subsequent disappearance of dozens of Latino farm workers, supposedly "raptured up into heaven" from a locked room in a sealed building has Father Mark suspicious of a scam--perhaps a deadly one. Dark mysteries surround the preacher and his followers, and Father Townsend discovers his fears are well founded. While the believers pray for salvation, death has become a part of their creed.

      When the journalist Angelina Sandoval Ybarra writes a story about the mysterious end-of-the-world preacher Brother Gabriel, Father Mark Townsend loses no time in heading to Yakima Valley where the faithful are gathering. Brother Gabriel's message draws flocks of converts with reports of visions of the Virgin Mary, the 2nd Coming of Christ, and the Rapture that is already beginning. The subsequent disappearance of dozens of Latino farm workers, supposedly "raptured up into heaven" from a locked room in a sealed building has Father Mark suspicious of a scam--perhaps a deadly one. Dark mysteries surround the preacher and his followers, and Father Townsend discovers his fears are well founded. While the believers pray for salvation, death has become a part of their creed.

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