Richard Davidson

A Lord's Prayer Mystery

1 - Lead Us Not Into Temptation (Jun-2009)
2 - Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread (Sep-2010)
3 - Forgive Us Our Trespasses (Oct-2011)
4 - Thy Will Be Done (Oct-2012)

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  Lead Us Not Into Temptation
  

  • Jun-2009
  • / Suspense
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  A Lord's Prayer Mystery - 1
  

  Arthur Blake, former NASA engineer turned minister, receives an emergency appointment to be pastor of the United Methodist Church in Parkville, a distant suburb of Chicago, following the bizarre sudden death of the church's unusual former pastor. Pas...

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  Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
  

  • Sep-2010
  • / Suspense
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  A Lord's Prayer Mystery - 2
  

  Arthur Blake, Pastor of Parkville United Methodist Church, has to deal with the aftereffects of a traumatic communion incident. He works to assist the authorities in investigating the cause while doing his best to convince members of his congregation...

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  Forgive Us Our Trespasses
  

  • Oct-2011
  • / Mystery
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  A Lord's Prayer Mystery - 3
  

  Arthur Blake, Pastor of Parkville United Methodist Church tries to assist his father to resolve his trauma after learning that his best friend, recently killed in a car accident, may have been an imposter with a heinous background. The investigation ...

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  Thy Will Be Done
  

  • Oct-2012
  • / Mystery
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  A Lord's Prayer Mystery - 4
  

  The sudden death of a young woman attending Parkville United Methodist Church infuriates her brother and leads to congregational outrage over his outburst and subsequent murder. The investigation of that slaying by Pastor Arthur Blake and his associa...

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  Deliver Us from Evil
  

  • Aug-2013
  • / Mystery
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  Arthur and Irma’s wedding day has finally arrived, but an unexpected interruption leads to their need to investigate a possible murder committed by someone close to them. With the aid of friends and federal agents Penny and Joe Gonzalez, they follo...

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  Implications
  

  • Jul-2014
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  Bishop Howard Chandler has assigned Pastor Arthur Blake to investigate the burning of a church in the small city of Amboy, Illinois. He learns from that church’s pastor that she had to overcome past improprieties by former members. During the inves...

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  Impulses
  

  • Aug-2015
  • / Mystery
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  Several disturbing dreams cause Arthur Blake to wonder whether he is trying to do too much for the many people who seek his services. These qualms are complicated by Bishop Howard Chandler’s suggestion that Arthur temporarily set aside his official...

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  Impostor
  

  • May-2016
  • / Historical
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  When Debbie Danforth discovers a flaw in the genealogy of her live-in boyfriend, Jeremy Hadley, he and his family try to discredit her findings, but eventually admit they must be true. Jeremy and Debbie run a private detective business, the Sandley A...

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  Impending
  

  • Jun-2017
  • / Historical Mystery
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  Young married private detectives, Debbie and Jeremy Hadley, discover that Debbie's family, the Danforths, have a family secret. Grandma Marie Danforth summons them because she fears that alienated family members and underworld characters will attempt...

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  Impasse
  

  • Mar-2018
  • / Amateur Sleuth
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  The discovery of human bones while excavating a property to build a new church requires all work to stop. Arthur and Irma Blake investigate and find an earlier structure on that lot was involved in illegal activities, requiring FBI leadership of the ...

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  The Pennsylvania Pickle
  

  • Mar-2018
  • / General Fiction
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  Loyalties
  

  • Feb-2019
  • / Historical
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  Todd Weatherford, Kentucky-born Chicago tour guide is seduced by an apparent tourist from the West Indies, leading to the sudden breakup of his marriage. When the seducer abruptly disappears, Todd seeks guidance from his family and learns that his an...

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  Fragments from a Fractured Mind
  

  • Jul-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  Like the variety of crumbs and morsels remaining after a great feast and waiting to be gathered up, Richard Davidson's shorter pieces are united here in a more-or-less sensible fashion. Short fiction, poetry, researched nonfiction, and book excerpts ...

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