Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleI’m Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest in a small-town parish who never expected this . . .When I came to Myerton to take over as pastor of Saint Clare’s Catholic Church, I never expected to run into a woman I loved in college twenty years ago . . .I never expected that woman to be the police detective who solved my first wife’s murder–and saved my life in the process . . .I never expected to fall in love with her all over again . . .Most of all, I never, ever expected to receive permission from the Holy Father to marry her . . .But that’s what happened to me.So after a wonderful wedding and a honeymoon cruise with my new wife, we’re looking forward to another week together, just the two of us.But instead, we have to go back home, to Myerton.You see, my deacon’s been murdered, and I have a hurting flock to tend to.I’m Helen Parr Greer, Chief of Police in a small-town police department who never expected this . . . As a police detective in Myerton, I never expected to run into the man who broke my heart twenty years ago . . .I never expected him to be a Catholic Priest . . .I never expected him to ask me to solve the murder of his first wife . . .I never expected to fall in love with him all over again . . .Most of all, I never, ever expected him to receive permission from the Holy Father to marry me . . .But that’s what happened to me.So after a wonderful wedding and a honeymoon cruise with my new husband, we’re looking forward to another week together, just the two of us.But instead, we have to go back home, to Myerton.You see, a man’s been murdered, and I have a killer to find . . .The Honeymoon Homicide is the first 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. If you enjoyed Wake Up Dead Man, you'll enjoy this series.

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