J.R.’s Father Tom Mysteries are available through:
About the Books:
A wife murdered.
A killer at large.
A man of God with a painful secret.
When Tom Greer’s wife Joan was murdered and her killer never caught, he left Myerton determined to leave the painful memories behind. Ten years later, now-Father Tom Greer returns as the temporary pastor of Saint Clare’s Parish in Myerton–where he married and mourned his wife. Assigned there for four months, Father Tom’s only desire is to serve God’s people quietly then leave again. He has no desire to revisit the past.
But the past won’t leave Father Tom alone…
Secrets uncovered and a mysterious encounter in the confessional forces Father Tom to confront painful truths about Joan and her murder. When a police detective–a woman from Father Tom’s own past–refuses to reopen the case, he decides to take matters into his own hands.
It turns out to be a fateful decision, for Father Tom has secrets of his own…
About the Author:
James Mathis is a fifth-generation Floridian whose father, a school librarian, instilled in him an early love of books and writing. His earliest attempt at a novel at 14 was a thinly-veiled Robert Ludlum plot involving Nazis. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1997 with a Doctorate in History, and has worked for the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Maryland, since 1999. He currently lives in Hyattsville, Maryland with his wife and alpha reader Susan. The Penitent Priest is his first published novel, the first in the Father Tom Mysteries series.
Connect with J.R. by emailing jrmathismysteries@gmail.com.