From Publishers Weekly
Poor Sister Mary Helen! After her eventful trip to Spain (Murder Makes a Pilgrimage), the septuagenarian and her cohort, Sister Eileen, find more trouble only 65 miles from their San Francisco college home. Arriving at St. Collette's Retreat House in Santa Cruz a week earlier than scheduled, the two meet the harried administrator, her antagonistic cook and young assistant. They decide to stay for the night and have dinner with the five priests who are beginning their week's retreat. The next morning, as she walks around the grounds, Sister Mary Helen stumbles on the body of a young man who, she learns, was the cook's assistant's boyfriend, a former activist seminarian well known to the other priests. As in past books, the good sister's curiosity nags her into discovering who stabbed the young man to death. She elicits the help of Kate Murphy, her SFPD homicide inspector friend, to find out about the man's mother and befriends local Detective Sergeant Bob Little, who shares information, some of it personal, with her. Sister Mary Helen's gentle insights inform this story about age-old prejudices with a quiet wisdom.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From AudioFile
Rosewalker's solid pacing and matter-of-fact presentation add just the right touch to Sister Mary Helen's sixth case. Out for a walk the day of her arrival, the Sister stumbles upon a body at St. Collette's retreat house. With five priests and three nuns as suspects, the Sister, as well as the police, must decide whether being a religious absolves a person from murder. The story is populated with a variety of well-developed characters, and Rosewalker's rendition provides each with a distinctive vocal personality while maintaining a forthright, easy-to-understand delivery. S.C.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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