Christine Wright is having a bad day.
She's an ex-special forces soldier, a recovering alcoholic, and now a freshly minted church minister whose first act of ministry is to cover up a murder. Maybe her reflexes are a little too twitchy for parish life.
From the opening page, All Is Well races through cover-ups and confessions-from a body hastily buried behind the rectory to a furious parishioner desperate to keep her beloved church alive in an indifferent, secular world. Shadowing Christine's every move is a terminally ill military cop determined to bring her to justice.
"If you like your priests and their sermons filled with comfortable, pious assertions, if your soul cries out for order and propriety, you might not warm up to Christine Wright-but I did. Readers out there, hang on for a dazzling ride and a howling good time. This is a novelist's debut to remember."
-DAVID CARPENTER, award-winning author of Welcome to Canada and The Gold
Among the novel's many revelations is how quickly we find ourselves rooting for the flawed, irreverent Christine-a woman who cannot fake holiness, even when her life depends on it.
Mystic Julian of Norwich-she of the famous "All shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well," is the patron saint of this wickedly funny novel.
Shortlisted by Crime Writers of Canada for Best First Crime Novel, 2022
Katherine Walker is a Canadian novelist and military chaplain. Her work explores faith, our modern world, and the ways light still finds us in the dark.
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KATHERINE WALKER was born and raised in Calgary. She studied fine arts and design and after working as a graphic designer up north, Katherine joined the Royal Canadian Navy, which took her to the west and east coasts and out to sea. She began her military career in warfare and is now a chaplain in the Canadian Armed Forces. Her graduate studies in divinity, along with her artistic and military background, enhance her journey through life. You can talk with Katherine about divine guidance, dismantling underwater mines, or the connection between beauty and truth. Katherine is grateful for the tradition of story, the wilderness, and every breath in this amazing life. All Is Well is her first novel.