Desperate Amends: A Wes Barrett and Sharon Noble Mystery (Wes Barrett and Sharon Noble Mysteries)

By John F. Baggett

WES BARRETT would still be living his dream as a happily married young pastor of a thriving congregation in Raleigh North Carolina if he had not developed a drinking problem. After spending three months in rehab, and six months flipping burgers, Wes has been offered a way back into the ministry as the newest chaplain at Central Prison. Still struggling with inner demons, he is ill prepared for the challenges of his new job, especially as the spiritual counselor of death row inmate HARRY HARRISON.Harry, convicted of killing two females, his mistress and his babysitter, twenty years ago, has exhausted all appeals, and is scheduled for execution in a few weeks. But the former prosecutor and malpractice attorney is not one to give up, even in the face of overwhelming odds. When he dreams up a new scheme to avoid the needle, Harry draws Wes into a game of wits, in which the condemned man is dependent on the chaplain to implement his desperate plan, and the chaplain is called upon to risk everything in the hope of helping Harry find redemption before the clock runs out.For Wes the stakes could not be higher. He believes his success as a chaplain is linked to any hope he might have of returning to the pastorate. And as he continues to struggle with the weight of his own spiritual failures, he is convinced Harry's salvation is somehow linked to a measure of his own redemption. But is he capable of preparing this devious inmate to stand before the judgment seat of God.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1516889274
• ISBN13: 9781516889273
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"