Publishers Weekly Starred Review: Without A Prayer

Nonfiction Book Review: Without a Prayer: The Death of Lucas Leonard and How One Church Became a Cult by Susan Ashline. Pegasus, $26.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-64313-072-9

Susan Ashline. Pegasus, $26.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-64313-072-9 The Word of Life Christian Church in Chadwicks, N.Y., seemed a little odd, but the upstate town and then the entire country were shocked by the 2015 beating death of 19-year-old Lucas Leonard by the congregation, including his own parents.