The Reluctant Detective (Faith Morgan Mysteries)

The first in a new series featuring the Reverend Faith Morgan Faith Morgan, former policewoman and newly ordained priest in the Church of England, arrives in the village of Little Worthy, near Winchester, to look around the parish. Within an hour of her arrival she witnesses the sudden shocking death of a fellow priest during a communion service. One of the first police officers at the scene is Detective Inspector Ben Shorter, Faith's former long-term boyfriend. They had been inseparable until Faith's sense of calling led her to question his drive for convictions, seemingly at any cost. At the Bishop's urging, Faith stays on to look after the parish of Little Worthy. As she meets her parishioners she learns some surprising details about her apparently well-loved predecessor, and starts to suspect a motive for his death. How will she reconcile her present calling with her past instincts? Is she in danger herself? What should she do about Ben? Then a further shocking event deepens the mystery . . .