A Necessary Evil

SOMEONE IS KILLING CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN A COLD, CALCULATED MANNER. IS IT A GROUP OF YOUNG BOTS WHOSE INTERNET GAME MAY HAVE GONE A STEP TOO FAR?

Detective Tommy Pakula is handed the case of his career when a Catholic consigned is found knifed to death in an airport restroom. When Pakula learns that other priests have been murdered in other cities in the same ritualistic manner, FBI Special Agent Maggie O'Dell is called in to profile the case. As Pakula and Maggie drill down into the facts, they discover a disturbing internet role-playing game for youths who have been victims of abuse by Catholic priests. With the first real lead in the investigation, they wonder if this group has turned cyberspace justice into reality by dispensing their own brand of vengeance. As the ritualistic killings leave America's heart reeling, Maggie gets a second lead-one that leaves her stunned.

For the past four years she has been driven by blind determination to find Father Michael Keller, the human monster whose acts of brutality continue to haunt her to this day. Sick and twisted, the priest seems to have vanished without a trace. But with an irony that only life can offer, now he has become the target. When Keller offers to help Maggie solve the crimes in exchange for protection, she has no choice but to ally herself with the elusive shield killer- the person she despises with a passion that's almost religious in it's fervor. Maggie must cross a dangerous line into a world of malevolence and evil from which she may never return unscathed.

Maggie knows the bargain is a necessary evil...one that may be made in blood....