Of Paradise & Purgatory — Stephen Del Mar

Victor Cruz returns to the Arizona town where he grew up to bury his estranged father, and dispose of the family's ancestral home. The plan: get in and get out. A stop at Santo Domingo's Lady of Guadalupe chapel compels him to offer up a simple prayer, "May I do what needs to be done," and starts a landslide of events-old friends, old loves, and who is in collusion with the murderous Cumero Cartel? "Of Paradise and Purgatory" is a contemporary tale with a seasoning of faith & magical realism.