《Blood and Pardon》是A·C·赫爾德曼（A. C. Heldman）創作的長篇小說，於2009年1月出版，全書共352頁，國際標準書號為9780595466870，定價為23.67美元。該書為傑瑞·弗林牧師系列小說的第二部。小說以1959年一起雙重謀殺案為背景，1980年賓夕法尼亞州克羅斯里弗市的新任牧師傑瑞·弗林得知臨終前任的懺悔信息，該證據可能使一名被定罪女性沉冤昭雪。傑瑞在是否公開秘密的抉擇中陷入道德困境，此時其舊愛、聯邦調查局特工夏琳·坎寧安因調查女性失蹤案重返該市。兩人雖重燃舊情，但因牧師保守秘密的權利與法律追求懲罰性正義的職業立場產生衝突。作品通過懸案調查與人物關係交織，探討基督教寬恕戒律與司法正義的張力。
基本介紹
- 作者：Heldman, A. C.
- 出版時間：2009年1月
- 頁數：352 頁
- ISBN：9780595466870
- 定價：23.67 美元
內容簡介
Twenty-one years after a bloody double homicide in 1959, Jerry Flynn, new pastor to the inner-city church of Crossriver, Pennsylvania, hears his dying predecessor confess information that could have saved the woman convicted for the crimes. In the light of such startling evidence, Jerry ponders the likelihood that the murderer remains at large, but is conflicted over what to do...(展開全部) Twenty-one years after a bloody double homicide in 1959, Jerry Flynn, new pastor to the inner-city church of Crossriver, Pennsylvania, hears his dying predecessor confess information that could have saved the woman convicted for the crimes. In the light of such startling evidence, Jerry ponders the likelihood that the murderer remains at large, but is conflicted over what to do with his information. Whether to betray a confidence become more complicated when Jerry's old flame, FBI agent Charlene Cunningham, comes to Crossriver to investigate a history of unsolved cases of missing women. For while Jerry and Charlene rekindle their passion and love for each other, they clash over vocational differences, which manifest themselves in the minister's right to silence and pardon all, and the law's right to know everything and provide punishing justice. The second in a series of novels featuring Reverend Jerry Flynn, "Blood and Pardon" reveals the secrets of those touched by the long ago murders and probes the time-honored Christian dictum of the forgiveness of sins.
