His first novel, The Throne of Tara, was a Christianity Today Readers Choice Award nominee, and his medieval thriller, Relics, was a Doubleday Book Club Selection. Is it Our Lady of Guadalupe or, as others believe, the Aztec goddess of Death? Get a copy of Viper, to find out!Īuthor of Viper, John Desjarlais, former producer with Wisconsin Public Radio, teaches journalism and English at Kishwaukee College in northern Illinois. Working against time, small town prejudice and the suspicions of her own Latino community, Selena races to find The Snake before he reaches her name while a girl visionary claims a 'Blue Lady' announces each killing in turn. His 'hit list', appended to a Catholic Church's All Souls Day 'Book of the Deceased,' shows Selena's name last. But her gung-ho former boss needs her back to hunt 'The Snake,' a dealer she helped arrest who is out of prison and systematically killing anyone who ever crossed him. Haunted by the loss of her brother to drugs and a botched raid that ended her career with the DEA, insurance agent Selena De La Cruz hoped to start afresh in rural Illinois.

On All Souls Day, Selena De La Cruz's name is entered in her parish church's 'Book of the Deceased.' The problem is, she's not dead.

On October 28, 2011, John Desjarlais will be featured on the CatholicTV Network's nationally broadcasted live talk show This is the Day, to discuss his latest novel, Viper, a sequel to his first intriguing mystery, Bleeder. WATERTOWN, MA (October 27, 2011) Mystery Writer, John Desjarlais, To Be Interviewed on Live Talk Show of the CatholicTV® Network.

The Light of Tara by John Desjarlais