Meet Kate Hanlon, a minister's wife, as she comes to know a small American town where mysteries lurk around every corner. Life is full of mysteries that only faith can solve. You'll be inspired to follow your own dreams, as the Hanlon's follow theirs in the MYSTERY AND THE MINISTER'S WIFE SERIES. When Kate Hanlon enrolls in an art course at a community college, she discovers that her teacher, Ellen Carruthers, was her husband Paul's college sweetheart. Kate is wary of the woman, but soon Ellen has enlisted Kate's help to solve an old family squabble. Ellen's family owns an abandoned mining town on High Hoot Ridge, but unless she can prove her claim on the land, it will be sold to a paper company, and the region's rich history - along with her family memories - will be lost.

A series of old paintings holds clues to Ellen's grandfather's missing will, but can Kate track down the paintings and decipher the clues in time? As Kate wrestles with these mysteries, Ellen's relationship with Paul raises questions of a whole different kind. Meanwhile Paul has been invited to join the Chamber of Commerce, but his plans to revitalize the local economy only lead to frustration. Can he find a way to preserve the town's history and still make sure it has a future? Can they all find a way to make sense of the past?