Bury the Bishop [Mass Market Paperback]

Kate Gallison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1995

Lavinia Grey, Abbess of the failing St. Bede's Episcopal Church, becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the bishop, a critic of her efforts to save the parish, and the object of affection for David Dogg, the detective investigating the case.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Dell (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440218543
• ISBN-13: 978-0440218548
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,341,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Winner of the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance fiction prize for The Edge of Ruin, Kate Gallison writes the Emily Daggett Weiss silent movie mysteries under the name of Irene Fleming.

As Kate Gallison she wrote the acclaimed Mother Lavinia Grey murder mystery series about the struggles of a woman priest in the Episcopal church in a small New Jersey town, and another series about Nick Magaracz, a Trenton private detective.

She lives in Lambertville, New Jersey, with her husband and their cat. She is descended from a convicted Salem witch.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bury the Bishop, introducing Mother Grey, February 12, 2006

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Maggie Blue "Prose and Video Investigator" (Southern USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bury the Bishop (Mass Market Paperback)

Bury the Bishop 1995 - St. Bedes is a down and out parish full of idiosyncratic characters and Mother Grey, a newly ordained is there to bring it new life! The local bishop wanted to close down this church and when he gets murdered a the annual diocesan convention, she becomes a suspect. Because of this Mother Grey has to spend almost all her energy to track down the killer. Writer is excellent in describing the religious in-fighting in the Episcopal Church. Mother Grey, called by her congregation Mother Vinny is a busy lady, is 35 years old and has a good sense of humor.

This is the first book in the Mother Grey series and a reader should start here to understand it all and keep track. This is the first of 5 books in which she is the main character. Kate Galloway (1930-) lives in Lambertville, New Jersey.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Above-average clerical mystery, October 13, 2010

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This review is from: Bury the Bishop (Kindle Edition)

First in the Mother Lavinia Grey series. Mother Grey is suspected of murdering the Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey to save her parish from being closed by the diocese.
A fun book for folks interested in the tribulations of female priests in the Episcopal church and in traditional mysteries.

5.0 out of 5 stars I'll read more about 'Vinnie, August 15, 2011

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I really enjoyed this book & will be ordering more in the series. Mother Vinnie is a person I'd like to know--good but not too good. The only thing I had trouble believing was that she was only a size 6 but didn't work out. There was one bit of a coincidence, but coincidences do happen. I didn't know who killed the bishop until Vinnie did. Too many times with other books I'm disappointed that the detective is a bit dense.