When a beloved Baptist minister is found hanging inside his historic Galveston church, the city is shaken to its core. What appears to be a ritualistic murder quickly turns into something far more sinister. Hours later, a respected rabbi is found dead in his temple, killed with the same precision and symbolic cruelty.
Someone is targeting faith itself.
Detective Sergeant Gates Sullivan leads the investigation, but the crime scenes reveal a level of planning, intelligence, and brutality she's never encountered. Every clue points to a killer who is not only meticulous-but driven by a dark, twisted belief system.
With public fear rising, Texas Ranger Wade Justus is called in. As he teams up with forensic pathologist Dr. Dakota Shannon, the case reveals chilling connections to occult practices, historical atrocities, and a ruthless adversary who seems to stay one step ahead at every turn.
As the bodies pile up across Galveston's sacred landmarks, Wade must confront a predator who kills with devotion, manipulates evidence with precision, and leaves messages only the dead can understand.
But the closer Wade gets, the clearer it becomes: This isn't just murder. It's a declaration of war.
Packed with gripping suspense, sharp forensic detail, and explosive action, Coastal Justus delivers another unputdownable chapter in the Wade Justus Texas Ranger series-where justice is never guaranteed, and the truth comes at a deadly cost.
