Turbulent Priests is the third novel of the Dan Starkey series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, released on 6 December 1999 through HarperCollins.

Dan Starkey has been sent by Cardinal Daley, the Primate of All Ireland, to investigate reports that the Messiah has returned in the shape of a young girl, Christine, about to start school.

Starkey has his wife Patricia and illegitimate child "Little Stevie" join him as he investigates the tiny dry community and meets considerable resistance from the defensive residents.

Writing for The Herald, Allan Laing praised the novels "black-as-two-in-the-morning humour and the high body count", naming these as two Bateman trademarks.

[4] In another review for The Herald, Dawn Kofie calls the novel "more than just a straightforward thriller", stating that it "combines the mundane and the bizarre with mordant humour".