There are 5 books in the The Pastor Matt Hayden Mystery Series series. The newest book is Murder Takes the Fifth which came out in 2024.

1
The Preacher's First Murder

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The Preacher’s First MurderHe was a good cop until he ran into a bad one. Then, to save what was left of his family and his sanity, Michael Hogan, Jr., entered the Fed's Witness Protection Program and became Pastor Matthew Hayden.Just out of seminary, Matt takes a church in rural…
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2
Murder in the Second Pew

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He was a good cop until he ran into a bad one. Then, to save what was left of his family and his sanity, Michael Hogan, Jr., entered the Fed's Witness Protection Program and became Pastor Matthew Hayden.Wilks, Texas, is not the peaceful, small town that Pastor Matt Hayden had…

3
Murder on the Third Try

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Mike Hogan, former undercover cop who worked the Miami drug scene, wakes up in a an Austin, Texas, hospital ICU. Not only is he missing part of his skull, he is missing four years of memories. In those four years he learns he’s become a pastor, taken a church in…

4
Four Reasons to Die

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Pastor Matt Hayden is asked to deliver the Texas Inaugural Ceremony’s benediction after the scheduled speaker, Reverend Duff, disappears. Though happy to do a favor for his friend, the new governor, Matt soon discovers that a simple prayer can ignite a world of hate.
Being a former cop, Matt becomes…

5
Murder Takes the Fifth

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A ragged-looking man walks into a popular gay Austin nightclub, leaving a box at the bar. Hours later the proprietor opens the box triggering a bomb explosion, killing several and injuring more. Two weeks later, another gay bar is bombed resulting in more deaths and carnage.

Pastor Matt Hayden's new…