“Water Grave” Marks the the Initial Volume in Novelist Mitchell S. Karnes’ Compelling New Detective Abbey Rhodes Mystery Series
Veteran novelist Mitchell S. Karnes and WordCraftsPress are pleased to announce the release of Water Grave, the debut novel in the intriguing new Detective Abbey Rhodes Mystery series.
Water Grave is already capturing the attention of readers, with the paperback landing at Number 46 on Amazon.com’s Hot New Releases in the Christian Mystery & Suspense category and the ebook debuting at Number 55 on Amazon.com’s Hot New Releases in Christian Suspense chart and at Number 82 on the Christian Mystery & Suspense chart.
Fledgling Homicide detective Abbey Rhodes investigates the murder of a young East Nashville pastor found dead in the bottom of his church baptistery. Paired with Sam Tidwell, an apathetic, aging detective just biding his time until retirement, Abbey must convince her partner the obvious suspect is not the real murderer. In the process, Abbey must overcome her deep prejudice against churches and a dark secret that anchors her present to a painful past. As Abbey and Abe discover the pastor’s plans to eliminate the church’s corruptive elements and implement a new vision, their list of suspects multiplies and includes church leaders, whom the young pastor considered friends.
To crack the case of the Water Grave, Detective Abbey Rhodes must investigate in the one place she swore she would never again set foot… the church.
“I never set out to write a Christian mystery,” author Mitchell S. Karnes declares, “but the story leaned heavily that way as the protagonist’s elaborate backstory developed. I was serving as a bivocational pastor in a small Baptist church. As I was walking through the sanctuary, the church’s baptistery caught my attention. Immediately, an image of a pastor floating in the water streamed through my consciousness, and the story took flight.”
