Death's a Beach [Mass Market Paperback]

Winona Sullivan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 26, 1997

DEATH IN HIGH PLACES

In Miami, murder is nothing special. But the brutal slaying of Elliot Barclay proves otherwise. He was rich and he knew the right people. And a few wrong ones too, as beautiful nun/investigator Sister Cecile discovers when she's hired to find his killer. For a chain of violence connects Barclay's banking colleagues,  his glamorous girlfriends, and his underworld associates--even Cecile's own charge, twelve-year-old Leonie. And the sharks are still circling.

Barclay's death will not be the last. . . .

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

In DEATH IS A BEACH, Winona Sullivan's nun/heiress/private eye Sister Cecil Buddenbrooks returns to her new setting in Miami Beach, far from the cold of Boston. Once again Cecil slips between worlds looking for a killer, and that's the reason I love this series. Like Faye Kellerman's characters, Sister Cecil has to make a real effort to remain true to her faith while working very much within "the world." Since nuns have always been a fascinating engima to me (and I certainly never met one who doubled as a private eye), I am fascinated by Sister Cecil and her machinations in order to do the right thing. She keeps her vows of simplicity and poverty by ordering something she won't really enjoy when dining with a source, turns someone who had been a threat into a friend by virtue of forgivness -- and don't even ask how she manages to subdue the villians without a gun. Instead, read it for yourself.

Amelia Zalcman, Director, Contracts Administration

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DEATH IN HIGH PLACES

In Miami, murder is nothing special. But the brutal slaying of Elliot Barclay proves otherwise. He was rich and he knew the right people. And a few wrong ones too, as beautiful nun/investigator Sister Cecile discovers when she's hired to find his killer. For a chain of violence connects Barclay's banking colleagues,  his glamorous girlfriends, and his underworld associates--even Cecile's own charge, twelve-year-old Leonie. And the sharks are still circling.

Barclay's death will not be the last. . . .

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Ivy Books (November 26, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0804115680
• ISBN-13: 978-0804115681
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,833,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I enjoyed this story of a nun detective., September 21, 1999

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This review is from: Death's a Beach (Mass Market Paperback)

I have just encountered another woman detective, in Death's a Beach. Author Winona Sullivan follows her P.I. nun into her second [and not last, I hope] case, where she is operating from a home for senior nuns and other seniors. The scenes and action come alive, showing the Everglades, Miami Beach, the gangsters, a sympathetic Miccosukee policeman, and another not-so-honest policeman. I was particularly drawn to the teenage ward of Sister Cecile and Jim Cypress, the Miccosukee 'good-cop.' The relationships and mutual understanding among the likeable and not-likeable characters were skillfully developed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Winona Sullivan has hit her stride with this mystery., December 10, 1999

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This review is from: Death's a Beach (Mass Market Paperback)

After I read A Sudden Death at the Norfolk Cafe and Dead South, I wasn't sure if I'd bother to read Death's a Beach. I wasn't crazy about the first two books in the Sister Cecile series. However, this is the best of the three books. Good characters. Interesting situations. Held my interest all the way through.