Holy Ghost

Virgil Flowers investigates a miracle--and a murder--in the wickedly entertaining new thriller from the master of &quot;pure reading pleasure&quot; (<i>BOOKLIST </i>) <br><br>Pinion, Minnesota: a metropolis of all of seven hundred souls for which the word &quot;moribund&quot; might have been invented. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would--until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: &quot;I'll Do What I Can&quot;) and a buddy come up with a scheme to put Pinion on the map. They'd heard of a place where a floating image of the Virgin Mary had turned the whole town into a shrine, attracting thousands of pilgrims. And all those pilgrims needed food, shelter, all kinds of crazy things, right? They'd all get rich! What could go wrong?<br><br>When the dead body shows up, they find out, and that's only the beginning of their troubles--and Virgil Flowers'--as they are all about to discover all too soon.