The Countertenor Wore Garlic

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(No. 9 in the Liturgical Mystery series) St. Germaine North Carolina might be the most eccentric little town in the Appalachian Mountains at least thats what Hayden Konig the Chief of Police thinks. Hayden has been the chief for nineteen years. As a detective hes first rate. As the organist at St. Barnabas Church hes one of the best ivory jockeys in the county. Hes fabulously rich has a beautiful wife a cabin in the woods a dog a gun and a pick-up truck. What more could any red-blooded American male want? Thats easy! What he wants is to be a hard-boiled noir crime writer. Undeterred by what his audience calls a "conspicuous lack of talent " Hayden Konig has purchased Raymond Chandlers typewriter in a desperate bid to channel some of the masters wordcraft. It doesnt help. Vicar Fearghus McTavish is a Calvinist Anglican priest with strict Scottish Presbyterian leanings not exactly the perfect interim priest for St. Barnabas. So when the church participates in the town Halloween carnival its only a matter of time before something goes terribly wrong. Suddenly theres a dead body and Hayden Konig has his hands full with a Congregational Enlivener the Zombies of Easter Walk and a town packed with adolescent vampires. "Hey " says Hayden "what s the worst that can happen...?" Hayden Konigs 9th mystery -- The Countertenor Wore Garlic Its not what you expect... its even funnier!