Chip Brown, a retired diplomat, is living in the family manse in Montrose, Pennsylvania when he receives a note threatening death by fire unless he returns "the Yasna", a liturgical work written and used by the followers of Zoroaster long before the time of Christ. At the suggestion of retired Philadelphia homicide detective Kate Pierce, Chip digs into the history of his diplomatic career that was terminated abruptly when his wife, Henna, was uncovered as a Soviet spy. Follow Chip from quiet Montrose to Moscow as, in a race against time, he learns about Zoroastrianism, tries to find out why someone would be willing to kill to retrieve the Yasna, and uncovers things that Henna hid from him which ultimately put his life at risk.
The lives of Ben Pierce, President of the Philadelphia Better Business Bureau, and Kate Flaherty, Philadelphia homicide detective, become intertwined after the murder of Bill Rose, Philadelphia's most famous public prosecutor. Rose, for years the top prosecutor in the Philadelphia DA's office and now a post-retirement employee of the BBB, is found shot dead in his office. Who did it? A murderer he prosecuted? A Philadelphia roofer whose BBB membership he terminated? An old lover? A Jew hater? The pursuit of the murderer leads to a shattering and surprising conclusion, and to the possible start of a romantic relationship between Pierce and Flaherty.
How could birding, that most peaceful of avocations, lead to two grisly murders in Nepal and an un-investigated death in Panama? Kate and Ben, recent converts to the joys of birding, become enthusiastic members of the Susquehanna County Birders Group and look forward to birding in Nepal where a group member, Tara Cope, receives a Fulbright Scholarship to teach for a year. Thus begins a web of intrigue and murder the surprising and dramatic conclusion of which is revealed during a later birding tour in Panama.
Grace Akers is hung from a beam over the altar of the Harford Independent Bible Church, and shortly thereafter, on the first day of deer season, her husband is shot dead on the property of the Smiley family. Kate and Ben Pierce, the new owners of a country home in Harford, become involved in the case through Jenny Smiley, the remarkable daughter of Pastor Paul Smiley, after Jenny is attacked in a highly novel way. The only obvious common denominator in the murders is the church. But how could the church possibly be involved? "How?" is the question that tantalizes Brad Jackson, Pennsylvania State Police criminal investigator. While hardly a novice in investigating murder, his murder caseload seldom exceeds more than one a year. Once circumstances throw him together with Kate and Ben, they all work together to bring the case to an explosive conclusion.
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