Crying in the Chapel By Teresa Trent
Genre:  Cozy Historical Mystery

It’s August 1965, and Dot Morgan is finally getting married to the dashing reporter Ben Dalton. Her wedding day, August 14th, promises to be perfect—if only it didn’t follow Friday the 13th. What could go wrong? Planning a wedding with the members of the Camden Chapel, Dot thinks she’s overwhelmed, but then it gets worse when a body is found on the church lawn. Dot decides to focus on her wedding to Ben, but when police reveal the victim didn’t jump from the belfry—he was pushed—she can no longer look away. Her suspects aren’t hardened criminals; they’re the same church members who bring casseroles and ask about her family. With her wedding day fast approaching, Dot must unmask a killer hiding in plain sight, or the secrets of Camden Chapel will remain buried in the summer heat.

About Author

Teresa Trent has been writing and publishing mysteries since 2011 starting with the Pecan Bayou Mystery Series and followed by the Piney Woods Mystery Series. She presently writes the Swinging Sixties Mystery Series and the Henry Park Paranormal Series. When Teresa isn’t writing novels and short stories, she spends her time creating narrated excerpts on her podcast, Books to the Ceiling, where she gets to use all that community theater experience from her teens and twenties along with a little audio editing she learned from her daughter. Teresa is a former English teacher, but also spent many years teaching music to preschoolers, working with children of all abilities. Teresa makes her home in Texas with her husband and son.

My Thoughts

Crying in the Chapel By Teresa Trent. This book is about Dot, who was a secretary at the local funeral home, and her soon-to-be husband Ben Dalton a handsome reporter. They had plans to get married at the local chapel with the help of the chapel members in planning their wedding. One of the ladies named Vernice had the idea to bring some fancy candlesticks out that were being stored at the church, so she and Dot went to meet each other there to pick them up. While unlocking the door, they spot the church caretaker, whose name was Earl Gunther, awkwardly sprawled on the lawn with one of his legs tucked strangely under him. While preparing for the wedding, they come across some differences they have in how they would live their lives. Being of help in solving cases prior to this, Dot really was interested in seeing through what had happened to the church’s caretaker, being that she was about to marry into a family that was old-fashioned and thought the women should be at home cooking & cleaning. Would she be able to pursue her passion of maybe helping to catch Earls killer? Read the book to find out what happens with Dot. I enjoyed this book very much :)

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