No Motive, No Witness

The treasurer of the island church is dead in the bell tower an hour before the early service. The sheriff calls it a fall. The council calls it a tragedy. Nell Aubrey, who plays the organ every Sunday and sees the whole congregation from the bench, calls it a murder with no motive and no witness — which is exactly the signature of someone who knows this building. Six months of food bank money has vanished. Four parishioners had keys. On a Sunday morning, with the organ lit and the nave full, Nell does a very small, very deliberate thing, and waits. A we-solve-murders mystery for readers who believe the most dangerous secrets are the ones sung in harmony.