In the Shadow of the Holy Mafia

Quebec City, 1917. A young novice is found dead, floating on the surface of a lake. The case is closed, deemed a tragic accident. That same spring, a group of settlers heads to the distant lands of Abitibi. War and unemployment drive twelve families, including the Dumas, to follow Father Benoît Isidore Lacoursière, who wishes to establish a community in the heart of the boreal forest, in Saint-Laurent-de-Rome. Twenty-five years later, this close-knit group is shaken by a devastating drama, just days after the arrival of Sister Anne-Marie-de-Jésus in their municipality. This affair brings Master Eugène Duvernois to them. For the brilliant lawyer from Quebec City, a connection seems to exist between the tragedy of 1917 and the present one. What if he could finally confront Quebec's most powerful and secret institution, the Catholic Church?…