The Saints of God Murders — Charles Meyer

"I sing a song of the saints of God, patient and brave and true..."

The Reverend Lucas Holt has just taken over St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in downtown Austin. As an ex-prison chaplain, he's made it his business to watch over his rehabilitated ex-cons, who call themselves the "God Squad." But with his new job, Reverend Holt has a more immediate problem. There's a serial killer on the loose in his parish. The murderer leaves one clue--a reference to an old church hymn, "The Saints of God"

"And one was a doctor, and one was a queen, and one was a shepherdess on the green..."

A doctor is stabbed. A gay art dealer is clubbed to death. A nun is poisoned. Reverend Holt and his God Squad don't have a clue about the killer's identity. But they do have a terrifying clue about who the next victims will be...

"And one was a soldier, and one was a priest..."