The Pilgrim: A Tale of the 3M Detective Agency (Tales of the 3M Detective Agency Book 2)
by Thomas A. BurnsPublish: Dec 31, 2025Thriller Suspense Mystery Book Overview
When two Jesuit priests from New York knock on the door of the 3M Detective Agency in the small Southern town of Garton, retired Master Gunnery Sergeant Amos Murdoch has no idea his life is about to become entangled in a web of deceit, violence, and perversion.
The job seems simple. Amos and his wisecracking partner, Solly Pinkus, have a week to track down a missing novice Jesuit on a spiritual pilgrimage in Capital City. The timing couldn’t be worse: the fledgling detective agency has just landed a lucrative insurance contract that demands their full attention, but they figure a new hire and some long hours will see them through. However, what begins as a search for a lost soul ends with a shattered romance, blood spilled in a house of God, and a funeral no one saw coming.
With the atmospheric lyricism of James Lee Burke, the unflinching moral vision of Flannery O’Connor, and the sly Southern humor of Guy Owen, The Pilgrim stakes its claim as a new, dark, and compelling entry in the canon of Southern Gothic crime fiction