The Endless Knot

By William L. Biersach

Book Overview

Who is killing the Catholic bishops of Los Angeles? One by one, they're dying horribly. The clues surrounding the murders point to an occult connection and the police are stumped. Fr. John Baptist,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979160022
• ISBN13: 9780979160028
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Tumblar House
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A Rip Roaring Murder Mystery for Traditional Catholics.

A friend of mine to whom I had loaned my copy of "The Endless Knot" once noted how odd it was to get to know fictional characters so well that when the book is over you miss them terribly. I know exactly how she feels. The characters become like very dear friends to you and it is hard to lose them whe the book is over. In "The Endless KNot" we are introduced to Father John Baptist Lombard, a former LAPD Homicide Detective turned Latin Mass priest. Lombard's stance has made him the mortal enemy of LA's vindictively liberal Archbishop, Morley Psalmellus Fulbright. Fulbright is so far gone that he considers death to be "an expansion of mind" and promotes Neo Pagans and radical feminists to high positions in his Arch-Diocese. Lombard is assisted by Martin Feeney, the arthritic gardener at St. Philomena's Traditonal Catholic Church. When Fulbright's cronies start getting knocked off one by one, the Archbishop has no choice but to order his most despised priest to get to the bottom of the murders. With the help (and hindrance) of Feeney and the cops he once trained, Father John Baptist goes on the trail of one of the most bizarre serial killers in US history. Along the way, William Biersach irreverently skewers the highly liberalized institution that the Catholic Church has become. As well as dragging Wicca, Neo Paganism, and Voodoo over hot coals. At one moment the reader is on the edge of their seat with suspense, at another they will split their sides with laughter. In closing William Biersach deserves a 26 gun salute. In addition, I should be very much interested to see Mel Gibson sponsor this book for PBS's "Mystery!"

The Endless Knot

WOW! The plots were so complicated that just when I thought it was all figured out, another shows up. The characters are so real that I want to visit them again. Hungry for more! Even though I have about 30 books on my shelf that are calling to me,I could not put the Endless Knot down. Every reading unveils more details. Still untying. Underlined a novel for the first time.MORE!MORE! I beggin for more. Ya hear?

Entertaining Catholic Traditionalist Crime Story

Father Baptiste, the detective-hero, is a Catholic realist, hunting down evil through the labyrinthine ways of matter and spirit. This book was presciently written years before the current scandal in the Church, and is even more grimly funny today. It's Malachi Martin's "Windswept House" at the local parish level, only funnier, and with a ripping detective plot to boot.

A GREAT Modern Mystery Novel

"The Endless Knot" (TEK) is one of those novels that 'breaks the mold' a bit. Sure, we've seen novels featuring priests as detectives before, but in most cases this aspect has very little, or only a superficial resemblance, to the story. In TEK, however, everything becomes part of an ever-expanding thread that keeps the reader mystified and intrigued.Another reviewer mentioned Tony Hillerman, and I think the analogy is a good one. Just as Navajo beliefs often contribute to the atmosphere and appeal of the Hillerman books, so the Catholic background adds a very colorful background to TEK, for this is a pre-1960's type of Catholicism, which still retained an aura of mystery and of a combat between Good and Evil about it.As a mystery novel, TEK is wonderful -- the plot is intricate, but never slow moving. The settings and events are vivid, varied and sometimes almost surrealistically depicted. The characters are very well-drawn. Plus, there are ample traces of a sardonic humor that will have the reader chuckling when least expected, somewhat like the writing of the great Craig Rice. "The Endless Knot" satisfies on ALL levels. It's a 'good read,' and a novel to sit back with and really ENJOY.