The 12th Cleansing: A Cold Case Reignited by a Serial Killer's Return
by N. Joseph GlassPublish: Dec 02, 2025Crime Fiction Thriller MysteryBook Overview
Four years of silence shattered with one body. The Moralist has returned.When a teenage girl's body is found in Bishop Park, Detective Walker Michaels knows the signature immediately. The brutal serial killer who once terrorized their Georgia town has struck again with trademark religious symbolism and chilling precision. But this time the evidence hints at something far more dangerous.
The victim's deeply religious family crumbles under grief and suspicion. Their church community harbors forbidden desires and dark obsessions concealed behind righteous facades. Every lead uncovers buried secrets, and in a world where faith masks depravity, everyone becomes a suspect.
Walker soon discovers this murder has reawakened a dormant evil, and the truth behind it is far more personal and devastating than anyone imagined. When the line between justice and vengeance dissolves, the final confrontation will shatter everything Walker thought he knew.
This gripping crime thriller blends small-town secrets, religious hypocrisy, and shocking revelations into a relentless hunt for the truth.
