As Matt joins in the hunt for the missing pastor, he discovers two preachers locked in a deadly battle, their families on the brink of destruction, and a national political power grab in the making. When the fight comes to Matt’s own family, he must find the truth or risk losing everything, including his life.
K.P. Gresham refers to herself as ‘professional character assassin’, though not all her books are mysteries. A dedicated Cub fan and former Chicagoan, her first book was Three Days at Wrigley Field, a critically acclaimed suspense novel that asked the question, “Which is more important in baseball? Tradition or Winning?”
K.P. then turned to writing mysteries because that’s her favorite genre to read. Heavily influenced by Agatha Christie (what mystery writer isn’t?), Sandra Brown and J.D. Robb, K.P. created Pastor Matt Hayden, a former cop turned preacher who can’t stop falling over dead bodies. The Pastor Matt Hayden Mystery Series includes The Preacher’s First Murder, Murder in the Second Pew, Murder on the Third Try, and her latest release, Four Reasons to Die.
K.P. and her husband moved from Illinois to Texas 35+ years ago and immediately fell in love with not shoveling snow. She finds that her dual country citizenship, the Midwest and Texas, provides deep fodder for her award-winning novels. Her varied careers as a media librarian and technical director, middle school literature teacher and theatre playwright and director add humor and truth to her stories. A graduate of Houston's Rice University Novels Writing Colloquium, K.P. now resides in Austin, Texas. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, The Writers League of Texas and Austin Mystery Writers as well as the President of the Sisters in Crime, Heart of Texas Chapter.