An ailing mother, the death of his son, and a divorce all converge on Lino Cardosa, forcing him to leave his insurance investigator life and return home to Provincetown. Not long after his return, a fire burns Provincetown's St. Peter the Apostle church to the ground, church funds are stolen, and the priest, Father Jeremiah Dunn, disappears. When Lino is told that Father Dunn has answers to Lino's son's suicide, he sets out to find the priest and the truth. "Driven by crisp prose, fascinating characters, anda crisis that challenges historical-and personal-faith, the novel dives deep into Provincetown culture, family dynamics, andsecrets as dangerous and violent as a riptide. ... a master class in fiction."-Kathryn Mackel, co-author, To Know You (with Shannon Ethridge, HarperCollins)