Paul Pine Series / Halo for Satan / Howard Browne

Paul Pine is a private detective, and even his client is an eye-opener and an eyebrow-raiser. He is hired by Bishop McManus to track down a man who wants to sell him a manuscript he claims was written by Jesus Christ himself. Just before Pine finds the first body, he meets a girl. A modest girl who could put a flat-footed policeman in his place and was probably proud of it. Or maybe she wasn’t. Maybe she was a little worried about how easy the victory was for her. Or maybe my sheriff’s star badge had been as impressive as a grapefruit.