PG Lengsfelder’s
Our Song, Memento Mori
“Our Song, Memento Mori is a powerfully charged mystery novel. If you like magical realism, seductive affairs, and edgy twists and turns, then you’ll love PG Lengsfelder’s extraordinary tale of psychological suspense.”
— Best Page Forward
Faith and absolution have escaped him. Will this priest’s probe into a dark mystery bring redemption… or death?
Father Jamie “Blu” Bluterre struggles with addiction, and his career hangs by a thread. Ordered to conduct an inquiry into a heroic firefighter’s attempted suicide, he believes it’s his final chance to find salvation. And though he’s initially convinced this is a mere exercise in dogma, he’s stunned when his investigation reveals that dark forces want the comatose fireman dead.
Facing hostility from the hero’s coworkers and family, the troubled priest finds that persuading doctors not to pull the plug is only half the battle. Because as he slowly unearths evidence of shocking crimes, his metaphysical instincts may be his last hope for keeping them both alive.
Will Father Blu’s quest for forgiveness come at a fatal price?
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Praise for Our Song, Memento Mori
“Don’t miss this one.”
"Read a dozen pages or so into Our Song, Memento Mori, and then try stopping. Don't be too hard on yourself when you can't. This story of a faith-deprived priest struggling to salvage the soul of a firefighter locked in a vegetative state after a suicide attempt, is mesmerizing, equal parts mystery and exploration of the human heart. And Lengsfelder's prose is as compelling as his storytelling. Don't miss this one."
— Les Standiford, author of Last Train to Paradise and Meet You in Hell.
“A searing murder mystery…(a) gripping narrative.”
“The Bottom Line: A searing murder mystery about a priest whose spiritual mission uncovers a community’s dark secrets. In Father Blu, Lengsfelder has created a series-worthy amateur sleuth.
PG Lengsfelder’s novel begins as Father Jamie Bluterre’s commitment to his faith and mission is challenged by his superior, who risked his own reputation to bring troubled “Father Blu” to New York. To prove his worthiness, Father Blu is tasked with stepping up his visits to firefighter Duke Ducotty, whose mortal soul is in danger after a suicide attempt left him in a vegetative state.
Barring a miracle, Father Blu is quite sure he won’t get to hear Ducotty’s confession. He instead sets out to uncover the reason for Ducotty’s suicide in hopes of lightening the family’s burden. But as the days go on, the priest finds himself increasingly troubled by Ducotty’s private life and his community. That’s a quest that ultimately puts him in danger.
Told from alternating points of view, the book’s most gripping narrative is unquestionably from Father Blu himself. Like the BBC’s murder mystery series Grantchester, Lengsfelder has created an incredible amateur sleuth in Father Blu, whose profession and sympathetic demeanor disarms Ducotty’s community and opens doors that might otherwise remain shut to a formal investigation. Meanwhile, chapters narrated by Ducotty tell of a budding romance that ended in murder, although Lengsfelder wisely holds most of the details back until Blu can figure them out for himself.
As the book’s title might indicate, the importance of music philosophically and spiritually is an important theme throughout. The novel is especially rewarding for classic rock fans, with references to The Steve Miller band, The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, former Black Crowes member Jackie Greene and many others.”
— BestThrillers.com
“Moody…dreamlike…wonderfully evocative.”
“Lengsfelder’s prose is moody and dreamlike . . . the premise is wonderfully evocative . . . and Father Blu is an oddly dynamic and vulnerable detective as he tries to salvage Duke’s soul—and his own.”
— Kirkus Reviews