Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles

Seventy-eight year old Eula Moore is kidnapped on the first day of her vacation in the Texas Hill Country town of Magnolia Bluff. Knocked out by ether, she is transported to a cabin deep in the forest. Eula is determined to escape, even though she is miles from any town. But escape she does, and when she reports the kidnapping to the police, the detective notes she was not hurt, she did escape, and no ransom was paid. He says, “No harm; no foul."

Father Frank receives a call that his friend Father Lee is in the hospital in Magnolia Bluff. An arsonist attacked his church and when Father Lee tried to put the fire out, he was hit over the head. Now, he is in a coma. But the doctors say the hit injury was not sufficient to cause the coma. Father Frank goes down to see if a long-time friend’s voice can wake Father Lee. As is his style, Father Frank asks many questions and looks at things from a different point of view. He is willing to do whatever he can to bring his friend out of the coma, even if it means questioning cartel members.