The Empty Confessional by Tom Hogan

The Empty Confessional by Tom Hogan

Everything is going Gabe Russell's way. He's successful in his new job, he's a martial arts expert, his novel's about to be published, and he's got a crush on a woman at work that appears to be reciprocated.

There's just one problem: Gabe is a priest. And he's coming undone.

The Empty Confessional is a story of righteous vengeance-and its costs. Torn between his attraction to his former teacher and his calling, Gabe finds release for his religious and sexual frustration through violent penance-retribution against the abusers and rapists he discovers through the confessional and the pedophilic priests within his own ranks.

Investigating these assaults is Carla Jessup, a cynical detective with her own issues with the law. The result is a complicated relationship, in which priest and detective are alternately sources, partners and foes.

The Empty Confessional is a complicated tangle of relationships, reckoning, and the struggle between what's legal and what's right.

Everything is going Gabe Russell's way. He's successful in his new job, he's a martial arts expert, his novel's about to be published, and he's got a crush on a woman at work that appears to be reciprocated.

There's just one problem: Gabe is a priest. And he's coming undone.

The Empty Confessional is a story of righteous vengeance-and its costs. Torn between his attraction to his former teacher and his calling, Gabe finds release for his religious and sexual frustration through violent penance-retribution against the abusers and rapists he discovers through the confessional and the pedophilic priests within his own ranks.

Investigating these assaults is Carla Jessup, a cynical detective with her own issues with the law. The result is a complicated relationship, in which priest and detective are alternately sources, partners and foes.

The Empty Confessional is a complicated tangle of relationships, reckoning, and the struggle between what's legal and what's right.

Tom Hogan lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and two daughters. His professional life has ranged from being a university lecturer in Holocaust and Genocide Studies to technology marketing. He is the co-founder of Crowded Ocean, a Silicon Valley marketing firm that has launched over fifty startups and is the co-author of The Ultimate Startup Guide.