Murders at the Marriage Encounter Author:Charles Cate Father Florian lifted the man's head, looking for signs of life. Gently, he removed the man's glasses. Dilated eyes stared blankly at him from a chalky blue face. Florian leaned across the youn man's body and raised the woman's chin. Her red woolen ski hat fell off and blonde hair tumbled down surrounding a pretty face. Her eyes were closed demu... more »rely, her long golden lashes resting on cold blue cheeks. A dribble of brown saliva seeped from her contorted, red lips. Florian bent close enough to smell her lips. He was unable to identify the sour odor, but the Picasso-blue skin suggested cyanosis...the effect of poison. The Father passed his hand in the sign of a cross over the two still bodies, and whispered conditional absolution. He felt sorrow for the two young lives. Though he had seen death many times in many places, the irrevocable silence was always a surprise. How quickly the tenant spirit left. Since arriving in the United States in the late '60's, the Marriage Encounter movement has become wildly popular. However, someone is taking a dim view of the encounter, when a death threat becomes reality. It is up to Father David Florian to solve the case in this great old-fashioned mystery.« less