The Secrets of Cuckolds Creek Landing: Baptism by Fire

Conclusion: Part 3 of 3 in this serial crime fiction work inspired by the South Carolina Lowcountry

It was as if a monstrous demi-god had rolled up a fatty of charred flesh to puff and enjoy on his hike to hell, getting high on their heathen souls.

Sinners baptized in the river as the holy man lifts hands to the heavens, sins washed away and forgiven as the creek choir sang in the background, like Jesus when he was baptized in the river Jordan. But there was only one way to wash away these sins. My knife was a silver flash of starlight on steel, darting in and out…