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New Chapel Mysteries

Time doesn’t heal all wounds… especially the ones that haven’t happened yet.

In New Chapel, the past isn’t gone—it’s watching… and it’s changing.

In the quiet town of New Chapel, nothing ever seems to change… until someone starts rewriting the past.

The New Chapel Mysteries series follows Dan Parker, an ordinary man who stumbles into an impossible discovery—a hidden device that sends him back in time. Stranded in the 1940s, Dan builds a new life among people who quickly become his world. But when a string of murders begins—crimes that never occurred in his original timeline—he realizes his presence has fractured history in ways he doesn’t understand.

As each death sends ripples through time, Dan is pulled deeper into a web of secrets, consequences, and impossible choices. With every attempt to save a life, the timeline shifts again—unpredictable, dangerous, and spiraling toward something far worse.

Blending small-town charm with mounting dread, the series explores a chilling question:
What if even the smallest, unintended change to the past sets off consequences no one can stop?

Books in the New Chapel Mysteries Series

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Untimely Deaths

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PRAISE FOR THE NEW CHAPEL MYSTERIES

  • I enjoyed the clarity with which Dan’s curiosity is explored in this spellbinding story, the crisp prose, and the well-executed dialogue. The pacing is relentless as the glow of the time-travel machine fades and the body count increases. The sense of urgency, the suspense, and the intrigue in the plot transform this story into a page-turner.

    — Romuald Dzemo for Readers’ Favorite

  • This was a great storyline that promises a series I will enjoy. The writing is skilled and the MC a man who could easily be comfortable in any time period. It will be very interesting to see how book #2 will follow Dan.

    — Amazon Reviewer

  • Time travel is always an interesting plot to a story. I loved how it was a slow start that let you get that cozy small town setting while getting to know all the characters and really enjoyed jumping from different POV’s which allowed you to see the cracks behind the perfect picture setting that was originally shown. I ended up not being able to put the book down as I needed to know what would happen next!

    — NetGalley Reviewer

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CHRIS STEVENS

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