The Reverend Wanda and her best friend Rye are back, shocked at the layers of secrets that the latest murder uncovers and how all those secrets seem to trace back to Rye . . .
A multifaith Mardi Gras celebration sounds like the perfect way to ease into Lent, with enough music, King cake, and socializing to distract Reverend Wanda Duff from the cold, dreary New England weather-until she and her friend Rye stumble on a body.
Someone has murdered Martina Suarez in the basement of Saint Athanasius, and it quickly becomes clear that the question isn't so much who would want to kill the church custodian as who
wouldn't
. But the more Wanda and Rye learn about Martina and the secrets she kept, the harder it gets for them to ignore the case's connections to the past and to the shadows haunting their own lives.
Soon, Wanda finds herself struggling with love and loss on more than one front, while Rye pieces together the heartbreaking bedtime story her father's never been willing to tell her: the truth of why her mother disappeared.
Delivered with humor, emotion, and a twist around every corner,
Death in Disguise
is another delightful and inclusive cozy mystery for readers to devour.
"Mankin and Tirabassi masterfully blend small-town charm with pulse-pounding suspense, creating a mystery that will keep you guessing until the final page."
-Jane Willan, author of the Sister Agatha and Father Selwyn mystery series
"Rich in detail and populated with a myriad of fascinating and flawed characters, this latest Rev and Rye mystery will keep you guessing as you read-and keep you thinking long after you've closed the book on the final page."
-Penelope J. Stokes, author of
Circle of Grace
and
Heartbreak Cafe
"Reverend Wanda Duff and Prudence Rye are smart, humorous detectives you love cheering on, both in sleuthing and in matters of the heart. The plot, involving murder set against the backdrop of a multi-faith Mardi Gras celebration, kept me guessing until the end. But the real star of this series is the community of Stone Ridge, Massachusetts, and its quirky, thoroughly modern cast of multicultural residents. Mankin and Tirabassi have done it again!"
-Amy Patricia Meade, author of the Tish Tarragon Mysteries and the Evelyn Galloway Vintage Hollywood Mysteries