Emilie Richards

 
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Meet the unconventional Aggie Sloan-Wilcox, a minister’s wife with her own calling: helping troubled souls in need of justice. . .

Aggie’s free-spirited ways have been raising many an eyebrow at the Consolidated Community Church, tucked away in cookie-cutter perfect Emerald Springs, Ohio. But nothing is more shocking than the naked body of a murdered woman turning up on her front porch. Suspicion falls on Aggie’s husband, who counseled the victim before her death. Now Aggie doesn’t have a prayer of clearing his name unless she can uncover the truth in a town not known for confessing its sins. . .

 
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Now that the recent excitement in her husband's congregation has "died" down, Aggie is certain her life in bucolic Emerald Springs will return to normal. Then mother Junie decides Christmas is a perfect time for a family reunion. At Aggie's house, during an all-church open house. The holidays can really be a killer, particularly when sisters squabble and peace and goodwill are noticeably absent. Can Aggie give her family the best Christmas gift of all? Clearing her youngest sister of murder charges?

 
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There's no rest for the weary Aggie Sloan-Wilcox and her minister husband, who were praying for a relaxing weekend until a member of their Emerald Springs church vanished...

When Joe Wagner, director of Helping Hands, the Emerald Springs food bank, goes missing, Aggie discovers his secret life—as a female impersonator. Then Joe’s disappearing act pales in significance when the mayor’s wife falls dead during the food bank’s annual fundraiser. Now with Joe and the mayor on the suspect list and financial scandals unfolding at Helping Hands, it’s up to Aggie to shine her light in every dark corner. If she doesn't get to the bottom of things fast, Emerald Springs might have another date with the angel of death, and that’s one social engagement she'll happily miss.

 
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Aggie Sloan Wilcox likes to practice what her minister husband preaches—to a point. But babysitting a narcissistic "star" demands the patience of a saint, and Aggie isn't bucking for a halo.

Actor and singer Grady Barber has returned to his hometown to judge the Emerald Springs Idyll, a talent show to help raise funds for the local hospital. As the newest volunteer on the fund-raising committee, Aggie is assigned the unenviable task of ensuring that Grady's needs are met. Unfortunately, Grady's needs are legion, as are the enemies he makes.

When Aggie stumbles upon his dead body, she isn't terribly surprised. But when "Sister" Nora, of a controversial circus that preaches the dangers of global warming, turns out to be Grady's ex-wife, she is surprised. And when Nora is arrested for his murder, more than Aggie's patience is tried. She must use every skill to clear the name of the unlikely prophet, before Nora spends her final days preaching on death row.

 
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After Godwin Dorchester, a former minister of the Consolidated Community Church of Emerald Springs, Ohio, dies suddenly while visiting town for the church's anniversary celebration, his overblown memorial service is halted when Aggie Sloan-Wilcox, the wife of the present minister, gets a call from the funeral director telling her the police are demanding an autopsy.  Seems "Win" didn't have a heart attack after all.  He was poisoned with an overdose of his own digitalis.

Suspects are many, but uppermost is Hildy Dorchester, Win's wife of many years, who prides herself on being the perfect ministerial helpmate. In fact Hildy's mission is to make unconventional Aggie the perfect helpmate to Ed, a role Aggie has never relished.  Despite her aversion to Hildy's vision of a minister's wife, Aggie must stand beside her and try to prove her innocence when the congregation turns its back on the woman who always put them first.

As Aggie sorts through possibilities, including church members with little faith in their former pastor, she slowly begins to see Hildy's finer points as well as a darker side to Win's flock.   This time Aggie is sure that finding the murderer will be an academic exercise.  She is determined not to put herself or anyone she loves in danger again.  But Aggie is often wrong.