The Messiah Business — Robert T. Jeschonek

Con man Zalmon and his gang of grifters fleece followers of Jesus Christ in biblical Galilee…until Vashti, a beautiful face from the past, makes an offer they can’t refuse: unless the grifters kidnap an Apostle, their crimes will be exposed to Christ and his army of disciples. Vashti plans to use the Apostle as leverage to get Christ to raise her lover from the dead, like Lazarus…but things don’t go exactly as she plans. Abduction leads to bloodshed, as Zalmon makes desperate choices, and powerful forces collide in a timeless struggle on the sands of Galilee.Don’t miss this shocking biblical crime thriller, named an Honorable Mention in the 2016 edition of Year's Best Crime & Mystery Stories.ReviewsRobert Jeschonek is a towering talent. – Mike Resnick, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning authorRobert Jeschonek is the literary love child of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman—his fiction is cutting edge, original, and pulsing with dark and fantastical life. His stories suck me in and refuse to let me go until the last page… – Adrian Phoenix, critically acclaimed author of The Maker's Song series and Black Dust MamboJeschonek´s stories are delightfully insane, a pleasure to read… – Fabio Fernandes, Fantasy Book CriticAbout the AuthorRobert Jeschonek is an award-winning author whose fiction, comics, essays, and nonfiction have been published around the world. From his childhood writing Sherlock Holmes and Rockford Files fanfic to his recent Batman comics for DC Comics and his Polka Princess cozies, his passion for mystery fiction in all its flavors has never stopped raging. His work has appeared in Fiction River, Postscripts, PodCastle, and other publications. His biblical mystery, “The Messiah Business,” was named an honorable mention in the 2016 edition of Year's Best Crime & Mystery Stories. He has won an International Book Award and a Scribe Award for Best Original Novel from the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers.