The Book of Answers

Finalist for a Crime Writer’s of Canada Award of Excellence
Long-suppressed secrets are exposed when a corpse falls out of the wall at Saint Mungo’s Church, just days before Easter. The senior minister is AWOL, and Tom Book, the recently widowed assistant pastor is drawn into the search for a killer, with help from cadaver dog Zeke, his trainer Annika, and the mysterious Michael Powers, not quite retired undercover cop.

Tom contends with rumors about the church ghost, panicky elders, and a shady real estate developer scheming to tear down the building to put up condos. Tom’s best friend Gwen, the neighborhood funeral director, and his daughter Hope
think playing detective could turn him into a ghost. Tom is nearly killed more than once. He confronts hard truths about his own past and is
roused from the doldrums of grief to embrace a new chapter in his own life.