The Vestry
@mhale
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Weekly Challenge · The last thing on the answering machineThe Vestry
The town keeps its secrets under the church.
By Marcus Hale·9 chapters · Ongoing·Updated 5 hours ago
42K reads3.1K followers3.4K likes
Synopsis
When Detective Rowan Cole returns to her hometown for a funeral, she finds the priest hanged and the confessional locked from inside.
Chapters
01
Passport, Please
1,937 words · 1 week ago
02
The Understudy Speaks
2,074 words · 2 weeks ago
03
What the Cartographer Knew
2,211 words · 3 weeks ago
04
Rooms Without Ceilings
2,348 words · 4 weeks ago
05
The Fourth Confession
2,485 words · 5 weeks ago
06
Late Fees
2,622 words · 6 weeks ago
07
A Message from Kenji
2,759 words · 7 weeks ago
08
The Hanging Priest
2,896 words · 8 weeks ago
09
Half-Light
3,033 words · 9 weeks ago
Recent comments
Ari Levinson
@ari · 3h
The pacing this chapter — I actually gasped. Also that Iris line about the map being a promise? Ruined me.
214Reply
Farrah Ng
@farrahreads · 6h
Been following since chapter 3 and this is my favorite cliffhanger yet. Take your time on the next one, we can wait.
148Reply
Diego Marín
@dm · 1d
The last two paragraphs are doing so much work. Foreshadowing? Or am I reading too much into it (probably).
92Reply