Beyond the Trees

A priceless relic has been stolen, and the main suspect is a Holy Man, a gone-mad tent preacher known as Jath. But private detective Jessup T. Biggs, hired by an art collector, can't shake the feeling that someone is playing him for a fool, using his investigation as a smoke screen for larger forces.

In the heat of a blazing summer, Biggs, haunted by the breakup of his marriage and making friends with a whiskey bottle, descends into a world of fortune hunters, voodoo whodats, shady ladies and deadly prophecy. There, he uncovers a wide-reaching conspiracy and a series of shocking crimes. Crimes that threaten his very concept of reality.