BelovedpriestFatherThomasinoismurderedinaSanFranciscoalley,andthepolicehavefewclues.ButtrafficcopJoeMartinibecomesobsessedwithfindingthekiller;hesuspectsSylvioMalatesta.Orderedoffthecase,Joeturnsinhisbadgeandinvestigatesalone.SoonheisaclosefriendoftheMalatestafamily,alldelightfulpeople,especiallylovelycousinAnna.UncertainwhetherSylvioisguiltyorinnocent,Joeisnowtornbetweenoldandnewloyalties.WrittenbyRodCrawford<puffinus@u.washington.edu>ddd