Cults and neo-Nazis—and a detective who can never forget
A review of Disciple of the Dog, by R. Scott Bakker. @@@@ (4 out of 5). Private detective Disciple Manning is hired by the wealthy parents of a 21-year-old woman who has disappeared from the cult headquarters where she’s been living for two years. In the course of investigating the cult, a small operation led by a former UC Berkeley professor of . . . guess what? cults . . . Manning encounters a neo-Nazi “church” led by a clique of ex-cons, and it appears to own the town. He rockets between believing that first one, then the other of these is responsible for the young woman’s disappearance and, he firmly believes, her death.
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