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A
Few Sleuth’s Quotes of
Note
"She
[Sister Joan] paused and pulled open the
door, the rusted handle cold and heavy across her
palm. The remains of a rotten seat designed to hold
about five people held an abandoned bird’s
nest, its twigs sodden, its occupants flown.
She moved on. . . . This pew
wasn’t unoccupied. A man wrapped in a
greatcoat lay on what remained of the seat, head
turned sideways, face beginning to bloat."
Veronica
Black. A Vow of Adoration
"He
looked at the kitchen clock. ‘Is it too early
to say Shacharit?’
Rina thought a moment. There
were entire sections of Talmud written about
the permissible times to say the morning prayers.
Rina looked at the kitchen clock. A little before
three A.M.
‘It’s never too early or too
late to pray. And Peter, add your own private
wishes at the beginning of Shemonah.’
"
Faye
Kellerman. Justice
"Sister
Mary Teresa, in her flamboyant habit suggestive of
an earlier day, caused a sensation as she came down
the main aisle of St. Anne’s Church, making
audible use of her cane. Kim followed a pace
behind. Any effort to help Emtee Dempsey would have
been rebuffed. She refused to be treated like a
child or, rather, like the old woman she was. The
day before, Kim had taken her to the funeral home
before the official wake began, and the old nun had
stood beside the casket looking down at her former
student and tears stood in her eyes."
Monica
Quill. Nun Plussed
"Come
away, Sister Fidelma," muttered her male companion
in agitation. "This is not a sight for your
eyes."
The woman addressed as Sister
Fidelma grimaced in vexation at his anxious
tone.
"Whose eyes is it a sight for,
Brother Taran," she responded. Then, edging her
horse closer to the corpse, she observed, "Our
brother is not long dead."
Peter
Tremayne. Absolution by Murder
Allen,
Irene. Quaker Elizabeth Elliot is a kind,
gentle, and highly effective sleuth.
Quaker Indictment
Quaker Silence
Quaker Testimony
Quaker Witness
Black,
Veronica. Sister Joan and friends solve some
very unholy mysteries.
A Vow of Adoration
A Vow of Chastity
A Vow of Devotion
A Vow of Fidelity
A Vow of Obedience
A Vow of Penance
A Vow of Poverty
A Vow of Sanctity
Gallison,
Kate. Mother Grey, Episcopal priest and vicar
of a somewhat eccentric congregation, finds
detecting an excellent deduction.
Hasty Retreat: A Mother
Lavinia Grey
Mystery
Gilman,
Dorothy. Sisters John and Hyacinthe make murder
most foul, murder most fun.
A Nun in the
Closet
Greenwood,
D.M. Deaconess Theodora Braithwaite puts the
collar on crime.
Clerical Errors
Idol Bones
Unholy Ghosts
Kellerman,
Faye. Rina Lazarus and Peter Decker team up to
catch the most unorthodox killers.
Day of Atonement
False Prophet
Grievous Sin
Justice
Prayers for the Dead
The Ritual Bath
Sacred and Profane
Serpent’s
Tooth
Myers,
Tamar. Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder
finds solving crime is a Dutch treat. Her
Pennsylvania Dutch mysteries include recipes.
Between a Wok and a Hard
Place
No Use Dying over Spilled
Milk
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and
Crime
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth
Newman,
Sharan. Catherine LeVendeur makes medieval
sleuthing timeless.
The Devil’s Door
Strong as Death
The Wandering Arm
O’Marie,
Carol Anne. Senior Sleuth Sister Mary Helen
knows murder never grows old.
Advent of Dying
Death Goes on Retreat
Death of an Angel
The Missing Madonna
Murder in Ordinary Time
Murder Makes a Pilgrimage
A Novena for
Murder
Quill,
Monica. Sister Mary Teresa (Emtee)
Dempsey is in the habit of great detecting.
And Then There Was Nun
Half Past Nun
Let Us Prey
Not a Blessed Thing
Nun of the Above
Nun Plussed
Sine Qua Nun
Sister Hood
Taylor,
Andrew. When the four-year-old daughter of
Deaconess Lucy Appleyard is kidnapped by a
madwoman, hell becomes quite real.
The Four Last Things
Tremayne,
Peter. Celtic history lives in Sister Fidelma
of the Celtic Church in the mid-seventh century
&endash; Ireland’s Age of Golden
Enlightenment.
Absolution by Murder
Shroud for the Archbishop
Suffer Little
Children
Compiled
by Mary Jo Campbell, Lower Mills Branch, Boston
Public Library, 1998.
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