Pastor’s vigilante thriller turns Linden, Fenton and Livingston County sites into scene of divine reckoning

Pastor’s vigilante thriller turns Linden, Fenton and Livingston County sites into scene of divine reckoning

Few expect a Lutheran pastor to write a book like this. The Rev. Dr. Christopher I. Thoma, a local author and clergyman, shatters assumptions with his new novel “Ashes to Ashes” —a tense, morally charged vigilante thriller set across the streets and backroads of Linden and Fenton, Mich., as well as sites in Livingston County. Readers familiar with the area will find themselves standing in the story’s shadow. Yet the towns’ quiet streets hide som…