The Keepers by Tan Van Huizen Paperback Book 9781684339525

There is evil in the swampthe place where spirits dwellEveryone in Titicut Township knew Carl Jenkins suffered from paranoid delusions but what truly haunted him was far darker in nature Whatever the smalltown talk only Carl and the shadow force of keepers headed by Chief of Police Elias Hicks knew the truth When outsider and city reporter Don Williams arrives to investigate a 1973 cold case involving Carl Jenkins and the disappearance of three men Hicks knew time was running out The secret order he swore to protect was under threat of exposure As chief of police and head of The Keepers his charge was twofold appease the warring spirits in the realm of the dead and protect the faithful against Gods adversaryHicks ordered Titicut locked down and called a meeting beneath the old meeting house but something went wrong It was the first time in the orders dark history a member would violate their oath of secrecy placing all within the township at risk What only Hicks and the order knew is there were some secrets so grave that if ever unearthed not even God himself could save them