James Crouch: 4 books

Some people think Tim Sloan is a pastor who acts like a cop. Some think he is a cop masquerading as a pastor. It turns out they are both right. Except that it’s no masquerade. The story begins as Tim takes a position as pastor in a small country church deep in the heart of Appalachia. The job is...

In his second year as the lay pastor of a small country church Tim Sloan once again is confronted with a mysterious death. This time his own nightmare-driven depression and the chronic poverty of his Appalachian community force him to face the reality that he too may be facing foreclosure time.

A collection of short stories and two novelettes by the author of the Tim Sloan Appalachian series. The title story is set in second century Antioch and features the Gospel of Matthew. The second novelette ("Tommy") is a continuation of the Tim Sloan stories.

Everybody in Dumfries County knows that Otis Sanders will not be the sheriff forever, but not everybody believes it. Among the doubters Tim Sloan, the outsider living deep in the heart of Appalachia, is the most vocal. Neither of them knows that the growing opioid epidemic of 2012 will change their lives in unexpected ways.