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When the body of Gwen Tolson's mother is found near Anna's house, a fifty year old secret may hold the key to finding her killer.

Father Tom's medical leave is over, and with the beginning of Advent, he's back at his rightful place back at the altar. Everyone is looking forward to the Living Nativity, complete with animals (including a camel) . . . but not Imperial Storm Troopers, if Miriam can keep her co-director Gladys under control. But other than that, the people of Saint Clare's parish and Myerton can look forward to a joyful holiday season full of peace on earth and good will to men. But unfortunately for Father Tom and Helen, there's not much peace when Miriam breaks her ankle and Helen has to step in to direct the Living Nativity. And the dead body in the barn at the Saint Francis Center has a few words to say about good will to men. The Nightmare Nativity is the ninth novel in the Mercy and Justice Mysteries, a contemporary small town mystery series. The series is a sequel to the Father Tom Mysteries that began with The Penitent Priest and includes the same cast of characters. It features Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest who is also an amateur sleuth in the tradition of Father Brown, and his wife Helen Greer, female Chief of Police and detective in the tradition of Kinsey Millhone.

There are few things worse than the loss of a child.When Sally Mayfield, Vincent Trent's fiance, has a miscarriage, their grief is palpable. As a priest, it's my job to comfort in times of loss like this.But Sally didn't simply have a miscarriage. Blood tests find an abortion-inducing drug in her system. Vincent is hurt and angry. Sally swears she didn't take anything, and claims someone must have given her the drug without her knowledge or consent. Not only that, she points the finger at the one person she can think of who hated her baby so much.Her own mother, Samantha.Under the fetal homicide law, the death of Sally's unborn baby at fourteen weeks isn't murder. But the stabbing death of her mother definitely is.Now, the grief-stricken father stands accused. Everyone who knows Vincent says he couldn't possibly be guilty.I firmly believe that he's innocent.But I've been wrong before . . .There are few things worse than the loss of a child.When she loses her baby and an abortion-inducing drug is found in her system, Sally points the finger at her mother, Samantha.After Sally secretly records her mom admitting to slipping her the drug without her knowledge or consent, I have no choice but to arrest her. In doing so, I ignite a controversy that threatens to divide our small community-a controversy fanned by Samantha herself, who twists the facts to her own advantage.It doesn't help that the woman's an old friend of my boss, the Mayor.The case against Samantha falls apart due to lack of evidence. Soon after, she's found dead in her home, stabbed to death. Vincent Trent is identified as the young man seen running from the scene. I have no choice but to arrest him.The evidence is circumstantial, but damning. In my heart, I know he's innocent.But proving that is another story . . .The Heavy Hearts is book ten in The Mercy and Justice Mysteries, a contemporary small town mystery series. The series is a sequel to The Father Tom Mysteries that begins with The Penitent Priest and includes the same cast of characters. It features Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest who is also an amateur sleuth in the tradition of Father Brown, and his wife Helen Greer, female Chief of Police and detective in the tradition of Kinsey Millhone.

Father Tom and Helen are in the market for a small mountain getaway outside of Myerton. When the body of a prominent Christian speaker is found in one of the properties they're viewing, Father Tom and Helen begin to hunt for her killer.

To honor the town's first responders, the Myerton Business Owner's Association has decided to sponsor an all-expense paid trip to a Jamaican resort. Dan Conway is the lucky winner, and with Father Tom, Helen, and others taking charge of the Conway children, he and Miriam jet off to the Caribbean for one last vacation before their sixth child arrives. No sooner have the couple left than the body of a multilevel marketing representative is found in the backyard of the home of the host of the weekly meeting of Rosary Mom's. Fortunately, Helen is on the scene, attending the meeting with Father Tom and the Conway children in tow. Unfortunately, Catherine Conway helps Helen find the body, bringing her the unfortunate woman's red shoe. With the help of Father Tom, Junior Detective Conway, and two bored moms, Helen investigates who in the woman's life would have wanted her dead . . . and why.

Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple The Myerton High School Mules football team are coming off their first winning season in years and looking forward to an even better one. The team is in great shape, and under their second year coach they're really coming together as a team. But all is not well with some of the players. Several of them were involved in incidents where the police were called. A couple of players were arrested for petty theft. Overall, members of the team are bigger and more aggressive than anyone remembers them being. All of this has Helen concerned. But what concerns her more is the peculiar behavior of her chief detective, Dan Conway. He seems distracted, and has gone out of his way to downplay the incidents involving members of the football team. During all of this, Doctor Martin Maycord finds evidence of a potentially dangerous new drug being used by Myerton's young people. Helen asks Dan to look into it. Then Martin is hit by a car in front of the hospital. What happens next not only threatens the future of the football team, but Helen's relationship with Dan. The Detective's Dilemma is the thirteenth novel in the Mercy and Justice Mystery series, a contemporary small town mystery series. The series is a sequel to the Father Tom Mysteries that began with The Penitent Priest and includes the same cast of characters. It features Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest who is also an amateur sleuth in the tradition of Father Brown, and his wife Helen Greer, female Chief of Police and detective in the tradition of Kinsey Millhone.

Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple It's an eventful October for Father Tom and Helen. It begins with the wedding of Father Tom's mother Nola to her fiance, former strip club owner Stu Landry. The two septuagenarian newlyweds have no sooner embarked on their honeymoon than Saint Clare's Parish plays host to the Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore Walter Knowland, making his periodic visit. It should be a welcome homecoming for the Cardinal, who spent his high school years in Myerton. But there's a cloud hovering over the visit. A special state grand jury issued a report, documenting decades of sexual abuse in the Archdiocese. While the report makes clear that the Archdiocese under Cardinal Knowland has mended its ways, he's bearing the brunt of the criticism. He's also received death threats. With this in mind, Helen assigns her newest officer Gwen Tolson-who also happens to be the Cardinal's granddaughter-to his security detail. During a tour of the Unclaimed Blessings Thrift Store, a large urn falls from a loft, narrowly missing the Cardinal and injuring Gwen. That combined with the firebombing of the Archbishop's Residence in Baltimore convinces Helen that he's in danger. She begins to hunt for the person responsible. But then an elderly volunteer at the thrift store, Eliza Ross, is murdered. At first it looks like a robbery gone wrong. But it's soon clear to Helen that someone staged the scene to make it look like a robbery. This raises two questions: who'd want to kill her, and why? In the midst of all this, Gladys goes into labor early . . . and one of the triplets may not make it . . . The Cardinal's Clock is the fourteenth novel in the Mercy and Justice Mysteries, a contemporary small town mystery series. The series is a sequel to the Father Tom Mysteries that began with The Penitent Priest and includes the same cast of characters. It features Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest who is also an amateur sleuth in the tradition of Father Brown, and his wife Helen Greer, female Chief of Police and detective in the tradition of Kinsey Millhone.

Enjoy this small town murder mystery featuring a unique sleuthing couple.A multivehicle crash on the interstate near Myerton leaves several people dead, including the man who caused the accident and a friend of Dominic Trent. The authorities quickly determine that the now-dead driver was both a minor and drunk at the time. Dan and Helen arrest the liquor store owner who sold him the alcohol. But selling alcohol to a minor is a misdemeanor, and the store owner is soon released. When the store owner is later found beaten to death, suspicion falls on Dominic. The Arrested Angel is book 15 in the Mercy and Justice Mysteries, a contemporary small town mystery series. The series is a sequel to the Father Tom Mysteries that began with The Penitent Priest and includes the same cast of characters. It features Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest who is also an amateur sleuth in the tradition of Father Brown, and his wife Helen Greer, female Chief of Police and detective in the tradition of Kinsey Millhone.