Mary Bowers

Wren's Secret Mary Bowers

Lieutenant Mark Ritchie is called to investigate a very puzzling murder at a very unlikely location. What was a man doing in the churchyard of an iconic colonial church, on a cold November morning and why would someone shoot him for doing it? Clues lead Ritchie through a twisting maze of religion, celestial movements, and history that leads to Sir Christopher Wren as the holder of the solution to the mystery. Did a highly controversial object fall into the hands of the great architect, astrologer and man of the Enlightenment, and did he design the church and conspire with Robert "King" Carter to hide it within until the time it could be dealt with peacefully? Did the man who was murdered know what was hidden and want to bring it to light? Did the murderer know and want to prevent its discovery? Ritchie finds himself in a race to solve the mystery before those who want to suppress the object can conceal or destroy it. If you like a fast moving murder mystery with religious controversy as a theme you will like this book