Easter Week is a time for celebration, but it is also a
time for a lot of work for church secretaries, and Cindy
Preston is feeling the pressure already when she arrives to
work at the First Presbyterian Church on the Monday before
Easter. But when she stumbles over a dead body in the
sanctuary, the week suddenly goes from bad to worse. As she
panics and screams, help arrives in the form of Jeremiah
Silverman, the rabbi from the next door synagogue, who
helps Cindy call the police.
As Detective Mark Waters and his team uncover more and more
clues to the unknown dead man's identity, it soon becomes
come clear that a serial killer might be on the loose, and
he seems to be tracking Cindy closely. As more and more
dead bodies begin to turn up, each murder relating to an
event connected to the Easter Week as well as Passover,
Cindy finds herself turning not to her fellow church
members, but to Jeremiah for help in understanding what's
happening. And when the killer strikes a family in
Jeremiah's congregant, he and Cindy both know they have to
unravel who the murder is before the killer comes after
them.
In her debut novel of the Psalm 23 Mysteries, THE LORD IS
MY SHEPHERD, author Debbie Viguie delves into murder and
mayhem with a spiritual setting in a unique way. Using the
romantic tension between her main characters, as well their
cultural and spiritual differences, Viguie gives her story
the gentle twist of seductive intrigue that somewhat
tempers the aggressive, almost brutal nature of the mystery
at hand.
Viguie captures spot-on the hard work of the average church
secretary and the church politics that most have to endure,
and I found the romantic aspect of the story to be well
done. But I found myself shuddering at the graphically
violent manner that the victims were depicted. This is
definitely not a cozy mystery, but for those who prefer a
little gore with their suspense, THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
will be right up their alley.
Cindy's church is getting ready to
celebrate Easter, and Jeremiah's Temple is preparing for
Passover when Cindy literally stumbles over the body of an
unknown man lying dead in the sanctuary. The church was
locked, and a bloody cross necklace on the floor seems to be
the only clue. The killer is likely a member of the
congregation, but there are hints that similar deaths have
happened in the past. Are Cindy and Jeremiah dealing with a
serial killer? They have to unravel the clues before Easter
Sunday arrives and more people die.
Cindy and Jeremiah come from two
different worlds, even though they work right next door to
each other. Cindy is a strong Christian who lives a normal
but somewhat dull life, working as a church secretary.
Jeremiah is a Reformed rabbi with a mysterious past full of
danger and excitement. But one eventful Easter/Passover
week, the two find themselves working together to solve a
murder and stop a serial killer from striking again. Solving
the mystery should put an end to their alliance, but the
church secretary and the rabbi quickly find themselves
enmeshed in another mystery. Soon the two form a friendly
alliance and friendship, exploring personal history and
faith and growing closer with each passing adventure.
Despite their differences Cindy and Jeremiah find a lot of
common ground.
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