“Murder!” she cried

Sail away with Martha and Marya in this, the third installment of Emily’s acclaimed mystery series, as Marya gambles against the odds at high-stakes roulette… and murder.

A CLOUD OF WITNESSES

Book Two of the Martha and Marya Series

Catholic Media Association 2025 Catholic Novel of the Year, 2nd Place

Life at Saint John of the Cross Parish is Pequot Bays should have returned to normal after one of its priests was cleared of murdering a parishioner and the true killer put behind bars. But a troublesome new group called Dies Irae has moved in, led by the fire-and-brimstone Father Thaddeus.

In this sequel to Emily’s phenomenal debut, Who Am I to Judge?, the scatterbrained octogenarian sleuth, Marya, and her sensible sidekick, Martha, are back in action with new twists and turns, as assortment of scheming suspects, and of course, plenty of purple-penned notecards.

100% of author profits go to charity.

Emily Hanlon

Emily is a mystery author from New York and the creator of the highly-anticipated Martha and Marya series. 100% of her profits from book sales go to charity.

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