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Hello, I'm Fred Benson, new to this group. My first mystery, Murder in Great Silence was published earlier this year. It is about the murder of an Abbot at a Trappist monastery. Detective Mark Cole s called to investigate.
But there is a problem - No one heard a gunshot. No one saw a suspicious stranger, Instead of finding clues, Cole finds silence, and more questions. A monks with an unexpected family history. Another with a troubled past. An uncooperative guest. A mysterious man at the Abbot's funeral.
Each discovery raises more questions. Who had reason to kill the Abbot? How was the murder committed with no one hearing it. Who is hiding the truth.
As detective Cole and his team work through a maze of silence, deception and deceit, the evidence begins to point toward a killer hiding in plain sight.
When the pieces finally come together, Cole faces a race against time. Can he reach the next crime scene before another person, the new Abbot, is killed.
Murder in Great Silence is a suspenseful whodunnit that will keep you guessing until the end.
I spent nine days as a guest at a Trappist monastery long before I ever thought about writing a book.
It is available on Amazon.com