The Secret Beneath the Altar

An Xhale Investigators Mystery

von Joy Blair

344 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The church was built on faith-but someone inside was building a kingdom of lies.When Naomi Reed, the trusted financial secretary of Greater Promise Church, suddenly disappears, suspicion immediately falls on her. More than two hundred thousand dollars is missing from the church's building fund, and the evidence makes Naomi appear guilty.But Naomi's mother refuses to believe her daughter stole the money and ran away.Licensed private investigator Joy Blair, founder of Xhale Investigators, is called to uncover the truth. What begins as a missing-person investigation quickly leads to forged documents, stolen identities, secret financial accounts, blackmail, kidnapping, and a multimillion-dollar scheme involving valuable church property.Someone inside Greater Promise knows exactly what happened to Naomi.Someone is watching Joy's every move.And someone is willing to kill to keep the truth buried beneath the altar.As Joy follows the evidence, she discovers that nearly everyone connected to the church is hiding something-including the pastor. But personal sin and criminal guilt are not always the same, and Joy must use prayer, discernment, lawful investigative methods, and careful documentation to separate private failures from dangerous crimes.The Secret Beneath the Altar is a suspenseful Christian mystery about faith, deception, church accountability, justice, forgiveness, and the courage to expose what darkness tried to hide.This gripping novel introduces the Xhale Investigators Mystery Series, featuring licensed private investigator Joy Blair as she investigates crimes affecting churches, families, businesses, ministries, and vulnerable members of the community.Every church has secrets. This one has evidence.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175671354
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published