The Labyrinth of Alms

In the shadow of a retail giant's discrimination scandal, a disgraced academic stumbles upon a ledger linking a global faith-based charity to a river of dark money. As bodies surface in the peaceful Cotswold waterways, Detective Chief Inspector Elara Finch must navigate cryptic crossword clues, ancient church politics, and the crushing weight of societal expectations to expose a conspiracy where salvation is just a line item, and sin is the ultimate currency.