Occasions of Sin: A Theological Crime Novel

The central character: 29-year-old Puerto Rico-born Sgt.-Detective Margarita Moreno, who has joined the police force of a small Southern city after eight years as a police officer in the Bronx NY. Margarita and her friends -- Veronica, an African-American medical examiner; Penny, a young English girl interning as reporter with a local newspaper; and Eric, a psychologist and ex-Catholic priest -- tangle with a Colombian drug cartel and bring down a corrupt Georgia police chief and foil a plan to develop a major drug route from South America to Atlanta. In the process, she and Eric discover that the two of them are soul mates. It's a story of murder, drugs, suicide, sin, redemption, and love.