Bücher von Paul Woodward

This is the much-awaited sequel to Woodward's riveting There is Something You Should Know. The book opens with Jim Bonz picking up the pieces of his interracial affair with Jade Wilson and the parish scandal he uncovered in St. Louis. No sooner does Bonz settle into an executive position in a huge church than he loses his professional mentor and finds himself a potential suspect in the murder of a prostitute. While the trauma readies him for an even more challenging event, the murders of two people close to him, it does not help him resolve his feelings for Jade. This realistic first-rate page-turner vibrates with the gritty realities of a major city--life and death, saints and sinners, good and evil. Woodward puts the reader in the head of Jim, and he keeps surprising us with twists and turns in this incredible story.

A TORTURED STRUGGLE BETWEEN MORALITY AND SIN Celebrated athlete, Jim Bonz, marries radiant, regal, and affluent Jewell Pepper, about whom he fantasized through adolescence.Four years later she is dead, and Jim's life begins. After the funeral, Jewell's father, appreciating Jim for his role in his daughter's life, gives him a cash gift that frees him from any concern with making a living.From there we follow Bonz from city to city, moving into higher education, high school basketball coaching, and, after some failed relationships with women, even the priesthood. Coaching at West Catholic in St. Louis, Jim meets Ricky Wilson, a super-talented African-American youngster with major college potential. More important, he meets Ricky's mother, Jade Wilson, a stunning single mother to whom Jim is intensely attracted. The story crackles with tension as Jim's celibacy vows and religious upbringing collide with his budding relationship with Jade. As he maneuvers his way through this thicket of strain, Jim comes upon a scandal in the parish in which he serves. No longer able to manage either his personal conflict or his knowledge of the scandal, Jim reaches a breaking point. Action has to be taken.