J.R. Mathis

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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2020
  • Latest Book:
    June 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Father Tom

1 - The Penitent Priest (May-2020)
2 - The Framed Father (Sep-2020)
3 - The Redemptive Return (Jan-2021)
4 - The Buried Bride (Feb-2021)
5 - The Defining Decision (Mar-2021)
6 - The Silent Shooter (May-2021)
7 - The Purloined Paintings (Jun-2021)
8 - The Slain Saint (Jul-2021)
9 - The Perfect Patsy (Aug-2021)
10 - The Rosary Revenge (Aug-2021)
11 - The Haunted Heritage (Sep-2021)
12 - The Fatal Fall (Nov-2021)
13 - The Father's Family (Dec-2021)

Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer

1 - The Honeymoon Homicide (Feb-2022)
2 - The Maligned Marine (Mar-2022)
3 - The Sister's Secret (May-2022)
4 - The Cardinal's Conscience (May-2022)
5 - The Conned Cougar (Jul-2022)
6 - The Sorrowful Son (Aug-2022)
7 - The Chief's Choice (Oct-2022)
8 - The Revealing Retreat (Nov-2022)
9 - The Nightmare Nativity (Dec-2022)
10 - The Heavy Hearts (Jan-2023)
11 - The Cabin Corpse (Apr-2023)
12 - The Detective's Decision (Aug-2023)
13 - The Snooping Secretary (Oct-2023)
14 - The Arrested Angel (Dec-2023)
15 - The Murdered Match (Mar-2024)
16 - The Captive Cleaner (Apr-2024)
17 - The Mountain Monster (Apr-2024)

Book List in Order: 36 titles

  • The Penitent Priest

    Father Tom - 1

    My wife died in my arms, the victim of a nameless killer's bullet. I should have died with her. But God had other plans for me. Fifteen years later, I'm back where it all happened. I just want to forget, but the past won't leave me alone.Now, I'm ask...

  • The Framed Father

    Father Tom - 2

    My wife's killer finally caught, I was content to leave Myerton to serve in the isolation of the same monastery where I found my call to the priesthood. The temptations of the past still occupy my mind, but behind these walls I'm safe from them.A cal...

  • The Redemptive Return

    Father Tom - 3

    My faith lies in tatters after the events of the summer. I've neglected my prayers. I've avoided my priestly duties.I am questioning everything about myself--except my feelings for Helen.When my estranged sister goes missing, I fly home to look for h...

  • The Buried Bride

    Father Tom - 4

    With the Archbishop's blessing, Helen and I are spending Lent building a relationship built on love--but without physical intimacy.And yes, it's as hard as it sounds.But this penitential season, I have other work to do. I need to rebuild my relations...

  • The Defining Decision

    Father Tom - 5

    fter the astonishing news from the Archbishop, Helen and I are looking forward to possibly having a life together as husband and wife.That is, if the Holy Father grants me permission.While awaiting word from the Vatican, we're getting to know each ot...

  • The Silent Shooter

    Father Tom - 6

    The Pope's decision to allow Father Tom Greer and Detective Helen Parr to marry captures the imagination of the entire world. Finally, after having to hide their relationship from all but a few close friends (and one particular six year old girl), To...

  • The Purloined Paintings

    Father Tom - 7

    Detective Helen Parr is recovering from being shot in Leslie Williams' basement and is anxious to get back to work. With the police department in the hands of Acting Chief Detective Dan Conway, Father Tom Greer is determined that his fiance follows h...

  • The Slain Saint

    Father Tom - 8

    When a beloved older priest is found murdered outside the Rectory, Father Tom and Helen try to find the person who wanted him dead. But they find that even saints have secrets . . .and those secrets may have gotten him killed....

  • The Perfect Patsy

    Father Tom - 9

    I take his head in my hands and force him to look at me. Nate, I say again, this time more forcefully, where did all this blood come from? This seems to get through, and his unseeing eyes struggle to focus on mine as one whispered word escapes his li...



  • The Rosary Revenge

    Father Tom - 10

    To honor the town's first responders, the Myerton Business Owner's Association has decided to sponsor an all-expense paid trip to a Jamaican resort. Dan Conway is the lucky winner, and with Father Tom, Helen, and others taking charge of the Conway ch...

  • The Haunted Heritage

    Father Tom - 11

    Excitement is building as the opening of the Acutis Society's Fairy Tales and Frights haunted house approaches. The members of Saint Clare's gaming group have worked hard to transform the interior of the Myer Mansion into something both magical and s...

  • The Fatal Fall

    Father Tom - 12

    Is stolen money hidden somewhere on the Myer College campus? Nate's newspaper article making the claim sparks a frenzied hunt for the ill-gotten gain. But when a hundred year old skeleton is buried in a gorge, Father Tom and Helen must solve a myster...

  • The Father's Family

    Father Tom - 13

    After months of waiting, the time has finally arrived.The day after Christmas, Helen and I will marry.We've survived temptation, gossip, and a bullet meant to end the life of the woman I love.But are we going to survive the next four weeks...

  • The Honeymoon Homicide

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 1

    Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple I'm Father Tom Greer, a Catholic Priest in a small-town parish who never expected this . . . When I came to Myerton to take over as pastor of Saint Clare's Catholic Church, I ne...

  • The Maligned Marine

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 2

    Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple As a Catholic Priest in a small town, I get along with most of the other clergy in Myerton . . . with one exception. The Reverend Dexter Huckleberry. Lord help me, I just do not...

  • The Cardinal's Conscience

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 4

    Myer College student Gwen Tolson receives word that her mother was murdered in Baltimore. The woman turns out to be the daughter of Saint Clare's parish secretary Anna Luckgold and the newly minted Cardinal Archbishop Knowland, given up for adoption ...

  • The Sister's Secret

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 3

    A daring daylight robbery at a luncheon meeting of the Myerton Historical Society puts Helen the rest of the police department on the trail of a team of professional thieves. Meanwhile, Father Tom must deal with the fallout from Steve and Bridget's r...

  • The Conned Cougar

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 5

    Father Tom and Helen travel to Bellamy, Florida, when Tom's mother Nola is accused of murdering her twenty-four year old lover, Trevor. While trying to find the real killer and clear his mother's name, Tom and Helen discover that the dead man had a l...

  • The Sorrowful Son

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 6

    Wendell Giles, owner of Giles Construction, drops dead of an apparent heart attack after the Myerton Softball League All-Star Game. When the autopsy reveals he was poisoned, Father Tom and Helen look for a murderer among the man's own family...



  • The Chief's Choice

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 7

    Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleI, Father Tom Greer, have a confession to make . . . For the last six months or so, I've been hiding something from Helen. And from my friend and doctor Martin Maycord. And from ...

  • The Revealing Retreat

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 8

    Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing Couple After almost two months away, I'm so glad to be back to work at Saint Clare's. True, I'm not back to celebrating Mass on a regular basis. But I'm in the office and able to help ...

  • The Nightmare Nativity

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 9

    Enjoy this Small-Town Holiday Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleFather Tom's medical leave is over, and with the beginning of Advent, he's back at his rightful place back at the altar. Everyone is looking forward to the Living Nativit...

  • The Heavy Hearts

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 10

    There are few things worse than the loss of a child.When Sally Mayfield, Vincent Trent's fiance, has a miscarriage, their grief is palpable. As a priest, it's my job to comfort in times of loss like this.But Sally didn't simply have a miscarriage. Bl...

  • The Cabin Corpse

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 11

    Enjoy this Small Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleAfter months of looking, Helen and I think we've finally found our cabin hideaway.It has everything we've been looking for. There's a wrap-around porch complete with swing. The v...

  • The Detective's Decision

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 12

    Enjoy this Small-Town Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleThe Myerton High School Mules football team are coming off their first winning season in years and looking forward to an even better one. The team is in great shape, and under their sec...

  • The Detective's Dilemma

    Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleThe Myerton High School Mules football team are coming off their first winning season in years and looking forward to an even better one. The team is in great shape, and under th...

  • The Snooping Secretary

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 13

    Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleIt's an eventful October for Father Tom and Helen. It begins with the wedding of Father Tom's mother Nola to her fiance, former strip club owner Stu Landry. The two septuagenaria...

  • The Cardinal's Clock

    Enjoy this Small-Town Murder Mystery Featuring A Unique Sleuthing CoupleIt's an eventful October for Father Tom and Helen. It begins with the wedding of Father Tom's mother Nola to her fiance, former strip club owner Stu Landry. The two septuagenaria...

  • The Arrested Angel

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 14

    Enjoy this small town murder mystery featuring a unique sleuthing couple.A multivehicle crash on the interstate near Myerton leaves several people dead, including the man who caused the accident and a friend of Dominic Trent. The authorities quickly ...



  • The Murdered Match

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 15

    Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Sleuthing Couple Murder MysteryGina Sprague is a popular member of Saint Clare's Carlo Acutis Society. She's bright, funny, kind, generous, and takes her faith seriously.She's also been very unlucky in love . . .Out...

  • The Captive Cleaner

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 16

    Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Sleuthing Couple MysteryNate Rodriguez is kidnapped from a crime scene he's cleaning by someone who thinks he has something they want. As the search for the young father goes on, Father Tom, Helen, and Dan become co...

  • The Mountain Monster

    Mercy and Justice / Father Tom and Chief Helen Greer - 17

    Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Sleuthing Couple Murder MysteryFather Tom and Helen get to play Mulder and Scully when a legendary Bigfoot-type creature appears to be behind attempts to sabotage the construction of a new subdivision outside of Mye...

  • The Misled Mom

    Enjoy this contemporary small town sleuthing couple mystery.When Miriam Conway is assaulted by a man she knows from the gym, Helen and the entire Myerton police force go in search of her attacker. Meanwhile Father Tom helps her deal with the emotiona...

  • The Tree Terror

    Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Sleuthing Couple Holiday MysteryThe annual Myerton Christmas tree lighting is thrown into chaos when a bomb is found in one of the wrapped packages around the base of the tree.The Tree Terror is the nineteenth novel...

  • The Deadly Delivery

    Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Sleuthing Couple Murder MysteryOn a stormy night in Myerton, a desperate woman in the throes of labor collapses on Doris Trent's doorstep. Finding no pulse, Doris calls 911 and then takes desperate measures to save ...

  • The Dangerous Devotion

    Enjoy this Contemporary Small Town Sleuthing Couple MysteryDonna Macoan rushes into Father Tom's office one morning, claiming that her statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is shedding tears of blood. In spite of his efforts to keep the purported miracle...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.R. Mathis has published 36 books.

The next book by J.R. Mathis, The Dangerous Devotion, will be published in June 2025.

The first book by J.R. Mathis, The Penitent Priest, was published in May 2020.

Yes. J.R. Mathis has 2 series.
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