Who Am I to Judge? by Emily Hanlon ~ a Review

by Susan Roberts

When a priest confesses to the murder of a parishioner, everyone in the wealthy waterfront town of Pequot Bays is convinced of his guilt-everyone, that is, except Marya Cook, a Bible-quoting, lavender-clad octogenarian known to locals as the Purple Pest.

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May 2023; Chrism Press; 979-8887090139
ebook, print (276 pages); cozy mystery

This book is the first of a series about a group of delightful characters in a small town church.  Books two and three are available now, and I've just ordered them.  

Even though this book was a bit 'preachy' for me -- I loved the two main characters - especially Marya, who was a lot sharper than she was given credit for by the other members of the church.  Marya is in her 80s, always dresses in purple, and is referred to as the 'purple pest'. 

When their priest confesses to the murder of a difficult parishioner, Marya is sure that he's innocent but needs some help finding the clues that will prove his innocence.  She recruits  Martha to help her.  Martha is the proverbial church lady -- she has her hands in everything going on in the church and is very judgmental.  With her index cards full of proverbs, Marya convinces Martha that she is more on the ball than people think she is.  I thought that it was cute that she always had a quote from Scripture to meet every event.  Will Marya and Martha, working together, be able to prove the priest's innocence?

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Susan Roberts grew up in Michigan but loves the laid-back life at her home in the Piedmont area of North Carolina where she is three hours from the beach to the east and the mountains in the west.  She reads almost anything but her favorite genres are Southern Fiction and Historical Fiction.

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