The Sorrowful Son: A Contemporary Small Town Sleuthing Couple Murder Mystery

Abraham Asher dies of an apparent heart attack after the end of the Myerton Softball League All-Star Game. When presented with evidence that foul play was involved, Helen goes on the hunt for a killer.

The Sorrowful Son is the sixth 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 enjoy the works of Rhys Dylan, Andrew Mayne, and Mary Stone, you will enjoy this novel.