Refusing to believe that the rectory housekeeper committed suicide, Sister Joan of the Daughters of Compassion begins an investigation that tests her vows during the holy season and sets her up to become a killer's target. Reprint. K.
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From Publishers Weekly
The fifth entry in Black's series centering on Sister Joan, of Cornwall's Convent of the Order of the Daughters of Compassion, is less deftly plotted and deeply textured than the previous four Vow mysteries. The suicide of the housekeeper at the rectory of the local parish occurs just after the pastor begins an extended vacation. The arrival of his replacement, a sternly scrupulous new priest, coincides with the appearance at the convent of a dour, earnest new nun. Sister Joan, sent to town temporarily to fill in for the housekeeper, surreptitiously investigates the suicide, which she believes was murder. The discovery of the mutilated corpse of an unidentified young man, followed quickly by two more unexpected deaths, leads Sister Joan to another crime 20 years past. Black's otherwise sharp and modern-minded heroine misses a connection that readers will make easily in a tale whose red-herring characters are too easily distinguished from the guilty ones.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
Sister Joan is far too curious to settle easily into the confines of the convent of the Order of the Daughters of Compassion. But she's trying; that is, until the death of the housekeeper at the rectory is discovered to be a murder and Sister is sent to replace her. Her sudden death turns out to have been a murder. Is the murderer the new nun at the convent, with her suspicious and painfully austere ways? The new priest who doles out incredible penances for mild infractions? Or a sadistic parishioner? Sister Joan snoops, interrogates, chats with the police chief, and sets a trap for the villan. Except for the fairly nonchalant attitude of this woman of God to four sudden deaths, Black's story is a viable, entertaining mystery. Denise Perry Donavin
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Suicide or murder?,
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Two new characters enter the scene of the fifth novel of this series. One is a priest and one is a nun, but they share the trait of being cold and hard to get to know. They also seem to have an unusual propensity to endure more penance than most who have a vocation for the religious life. When the local priests' housekeeper is found dead, the police assume that it is suicide. Sister Joan disagrees and, as usual, conducts her own investigation. She suspects the two newcomers but it could always be a townsperson or someone from the nearby gypsy camp. This is a good addition to the series.
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interesting british cozy,
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in the typical british fashion, Ms. Black begins a bit darkly and with great characters. this is the second in a series of Sister Joan. I have been reading several series of "nun mysteries" of late- started out as a whim to see how many were out there- wow i was surprised!
so far this series is quite sophistcated and does a nice job of incorpating the nun's cloistered way into the novel. I look forward to reading the whole series.
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