Some cases test a private investigator's wits, others test his courage, and still others, his character. In Salvation Boulevard, P.I. Carl Van Wagener has found a case that tests them all, and then goes on to test his soul. A professor is dead and a suspect, who has confessed, is in custody. But nothing is what it seems. After all, the dead man is an atheist professor, the accused an Islamic foreign student, the defense attorney a Jew, and the detective...

Pastor Dan Day is a charismatic evangelical preacher who has captivated a small western American town with his charm, and the promise of a sweet real estate development. Carl is a former follower of the Grateful Dead who has since become 'found' in Dan's Evangelical community, and is serving as one of the preacher's great examples of spiritual and moral transformation. But Carl's new belief system is turned upside down when he witnesses a sinful act...