THOU SHALT NOT COVET

As he approached the back door, it opened. He saw the flash but did not hear the roar of the shotgun as it emptied its load into his chest. The door closed and opened minutes later as the shooter stepped out. A spent shotgun shell dropped to the driveway beside Dick Andrews body. The shooter walked across the street to a waiting automobile. Dr. Tony OHara is certain of Tom Picketts innocence in the murder of a mutual friend, so when freelance investigative reporter Jeff Colby approaches him, Tony is happy to share his thoughts. Utter rejection of the edict thou shalt not covet, Tony explains, is fundamental to almost all wrongdoing, and Jeff, an agnostic at best, readily grasps the concept.  What surfaces during the investigation is a web of lies that spreads far beyond what could have been imagined, a conspiracy with the endlessly dangerous evil of covetousness at its core. The danger did not pass with the death of Dick Andrews, nor will his be the last murder... The Gospel message is seamlessly woven through this Romantic Murder Story.  Tell me true, Jeff