Sometimes a book arrives in just the right season. I picked up Julie Klassen’s “The Secret of Pembrooke Park” because I wanted a good historical mystery with a strong romantic thread—but I also wanted to see how another author handles faith on the page. What I found was one of those rare stories that made me both race through the chapters and, at the same time, not want the book to end.

This isn’t a full‑on “whodunit” in the classic sense, where the whole experience is about catching the killer before the detective does. Instead, it’s a “multilayered puzzle and suspense story”, wrapped in romance and filled with genuine spiritual reflection. And for me, it worked beautifully. Continue Reading…