The Naive Daring of Outsiders

Nineteen Catholic priests in San Francisco suffer grisly murders or mysteriously disappear. After the first killings, Jasper Amos, an undercover police detective, investigates.

He starts collecting incriminating evidence against two Catholic priests and a nun. To hang these alleged killers, the prosecution is going to rely on Jasper’s testimony. At the start of the trial, he desperately wants justice for the nineteen dead priests.

Toward the middle of the trial in December of 1876, however, Jasper discovers terrible secrets. They make him question whether the three defendants are guilty.

Will Jasper lie to save them from the death penalty?

Ryan grew up in Calabasas, CA, a Wild West frontier town. This is his sixth satirical crime thriller. His first was an Amazon top 3 new hot comedy release, whatever that means. For more on the infamous histories of the two priests and nun, read the novellas Outsourced to Lucifer, Pirate in the Closet, and Angel of Salem. Currently, Ryan is working on Volume II of The Naïve Daring of Outsiders and a thriller about misfits who try preventing WWIII.