The Corpse in the Courtyard

Jacob is devastated when he discovers the body of an old friend dumped at his home. The murder drags him into a conspiracy he's tried to avoid for many months. At odds with his own people, and the priests of the Babylonian temple, Jacob must rely on Miriam to determine truths and falsehoods from people neither of them trust.It takes another violent death to point Jacob and Miriam in the right direction. A direction that threatens to cost Jacob his life, and condemn every Judean Exile into slavery.