Interview with Novelist Kathryn Schleich (Salvation Station)

Matthew Toffolo: What is your novel about?

Kathryn Schleich: In Salvation Station, three separate story lines come together, all being related. The initial mystery focuses on Captain Linda Turner’s obsession to solve the murders of a pastor and his two small children. The spouse is no where to be found. The second story line concerns a televangelist, Rev. Ray Williams, about to shutter his poorly performing Road to Calvary TV program, when he is approached by a mysterious woman claiming God spoke to her in a dream giving direction on how to save the program. The third story line concerns long-time program devotee, Ruth Perkins, and the tumultuous relationship with her only child, Emma, who sees the pastor as preying on the vulnerable. There is crime and mystery while commenting on the dangers of accepting religion blindly as truth.

2. What genres would you say this story is in?

Crime…