When Tyrone Allen is found murdered, Pastor Denise Ross becomes the prime suspect. She was at the scene, gunshot residue is found on her hand, and her complicated history with the victim gives investigators plenty of reasons to doubt her innocence.Retired detective Michael Tough refuses to accept the obvious answer. As he begins digging into Tyrone's past, he discovers a web of enemies, power struggles, trafficking, corruption, and secrets reaching into the church and the community.Then another murder changes everything. A potential witness is brutally silenced, and a mysterious name, Pharma Angel, emerges from her notes. Michael realizes that Tyrone's death may be only one piece of a much larger operation.With his wife Becky and trusted allies beside him, Michael follows a trail that forces him to confront violence, exploitation, broken lives, and the possibility of redemption. But every answer brings new questions, and someone is determined to keep the truth buried.The Public Good is a faith-driven crime thriller about justice, courage, redemption, and the dangerous search for truth when powerful people have something to hide.