Book excerpt: Enjoy These Contemporary Small Town Mysteries Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple. This is a collection of books 7-9 in The Mercy and Justice Mysteries. This series is a sequel to The Father Tom Mysteries that began with The Penitent Priest and includes the same cast of characters. It features Father Tom Greer and his wife Chief of Police Helen Parr Greer, a sleuthing couple committed to the pursuit of justice tempered with mercy while solving mysteries old and new. The Chief’s Choice (Book 7): When Father Tom has a serious health crisis and she makes a mistake on the job that has tragic consequences, Helen takes a drastic step that could change their lives forever.. The Revealing Retreat (Book 8): When a man is found murdered at the mountain lodge where Father Tom is running a marriage retreat for Steve and Bridget, suspicion falls on the former Army Ranger. The Nightmare Nativity (Book 9): The discovery of a dead body the night of the dress rehearsal threatens to derail the Saint Francis Center’s living nativity.