Cellblock Psalms

Inside a prison, everyone has a story — and most of them are lies. Former investigator Solomon Birch knows this better than anyone. It's why he got out of field work. It's also why they brought him back.

When an inmate dies under suspicious circumstances at a Midwest correctional facility and the official ruling doesn't hold up, Birch is pulled in as a quiet consultant — the kind that doesn't show up in records. What he finds goes deeper than one man's death, deeper than the institution, and straight into the shadow of the Heartland Land and Legacy Trust.

Warden Pauline Hatch is pragmatic, institutional, and not corrupt — but she's also not about to let Birch burn down everything she's built. A reluctant alliance forms. And Solomon Birch, who left the church years ago, finds himself praying again.