Highly acclaimed thriller blends church history and Italian religious art with a romantic subplot.
Finally, there exist a Catholic thriller that has nothing to do with clergy sexual abuse and demonic possession. Detroit writer Ron Teachworth published The Annunciation (WestBow Press, 2014), an intriguing and captivating novel that blends elements of mystery and romance against a backdrop of history and culture.
A novel about the Catholic Church and its workings necessarily includes lots of clergy and research, and in the case of The Annunciation, art. (It has been a long time since readers come across with a novel that pays attention to Catholic art.) Finn McNelis, a seminarian, and Olivia