In The Draft Counselor's Secret, Hager offers another gripping tale of Reverend Rob, the snoopy street minister, as he prowls Grand Rapids, Michigan, in search of a killer. After the intrepid clergyman participates in a Vietnam War protest, the Street Ministry's draft counselor is found murdered, taking a dark secret to his grave. A Vietnam war veteran Rob knows is busted for the crime. Rob reluctantly agrees to try to verify the vet's alibi. The war-protesting hippies Rob ministers to feel betrayed by him for his decision to help the vet. A shadowy street person, who is rarely seen but feared by everyone, may be able to confirm the vet's alibi. Suspicion shifts from the vet to a banker and intensifies when the banker is seen with a Chicago Mafi a hit-man. Will the clergyman's stubborn snoopiness lead him to an early grave?