The Deadly Judas (Tori Carlin Mysteries)

The Tori Carlin Mysteries, series starter.
A shocking murder in a cathedral sends Tori Carlin's sense of justice into overdrive and triggers rage for accountability as she grieves for the victim.
What she considered a transition job to a life without a permanent nine-to-five commitment, becomes a life and death challenge. An observation, a small suspicion, and an idle follow-up result in a collection of clues that she can't ignore.
Case detectives Theo Vincent and Sasha Hamel warn her off and threaten dire legal consequences, but Tori doesn't believe they'll act on their threats. Tori and Theo share a brief romantic history, and Sasha is her nephew.
Will the detectives save her from herself, and from a killer with nothing to lose when Tori discovers definitive evidence of guilt?

Mara Kalyn lives with her daughter in a suburb of Montreal, Quebec Canada. She loves cooking and gardening and above all, writing fiction.
She grew up an avid reader of The Hardy Boys Mysteries, Nancy Drew, then later tackled Erle Stanley Gardner, Agatha Christie, and many more. One of her guilty pleasures was a good romantic story, fraught with drama, yearning and finally, a good, satisfying ending.
No surprise that today she writes mysteries, and sweetens her genre pool with a good romantic story.
Social justice and fairness are pet themes that you will see play out in her stories.
As long as health and energy hold out, Mara will push forward and write quality stories for her readership.
Be safe, be strong and carry on!