The Preacher's First Murder: A Pastor Matt Hayden Mystery (The Pastor Matt Hayden Mystery Series)

He was a good cop until he ran into a bad one. Then, to save what was left of his family and his sanity, Michael Hogan, Jr., entered the Fed's Witness Protection Program and became Pastor Matthew Hayden. Just out of seminary, Matt takes a church in rural Texas, expecting peace, quiet and a good dose of humility. What he finds is a town ruled by the past and an old woman murdered. To make matters worse, the dead woman's daughter, Angie O'Day, runs the town's Ice House and is truly an angel by day and a devil by night. Matt might be a man of God now, but he is still a man. When the second body is discovered and accusations are levied at the innocent Angie, Matt has to put on an old hat--his cop's hat--and discover the buried secrets of Wilks, Texas He was a good cop until he ran into a bad one. Then to save what was left of his family and his sanity, Michael Hogan, Jr., entered the federal witness protection program and became Pastor Matthew Hayden. Just out of seminary, Matt takes a church in rural Texas expecting peace, quiet and a good dose of humility. What he finds is a town ruled by the past and an old woman murdered. To make matters worse, the dead woman's daughter, Angie O'Day, runs the town's Ice House and is truly an angel by day and devil by night. Matt might be a man of God now but he is still a man. When the second body is discovered and accusations are levied at the innocent Angie, Matt has to put on an old hat, his cop hat, and discover the buried secrets of Wilks, Texas