The Sanctuary Trap

When a botched no-knock raid on a retired Ranger’s home exposes a massive drug ring run by a megachurch’s "Golden Son," a disgraced detective and a cynical lawyer must expose the holy man’s high-end narcotics empire before the veteran is buried by a department cover-up.
Elias Thorne is the perfect son. Returning to Gainesville with a silver tongue and a "wellness" ministry, he’s transformed his father’s 5,000-seat megachurch into the city’s most exclusive pharmacy. His "Blue Cross" pills aren't just supplements, they’re a high-octane addiction fueling the elite of West Side society. But when a late-night police raid hits the wrong house two blocks away, the life of Silas Crane, a retired combat veteran, is blown apart. Arrested for defending his home against what he thought was an ambush, Silas becomes the department's perfect scapegoat. As the church circles its wagons and the police department scrubs its servers to hide a lethal typo, an unlikely alliance forms. A guilt-ridden detective and a razor-sharp defense attorney must peel back the layers of a conspiracy that reaches from the sanctuary's altar to the highest levels of city power. In a town where faith is a business and justice is a liability, they are about to learn that some secrets are worth killing for.