Murder in a Nunnery
- ISBN-10
- 1444839225
- ISBN-13
- 9781444839227
- Category
- Convents
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-11
- Publisher
- Linford
- Author
- Eric Shepherd
Description
ON THE STEPS OF ST. JOSEPH'S ALTAR LAY THE CORPULENT BODY OF THE BARONESS SLIEMA - STILL, SO IT SEEMED TO THE HORRIFIED NUNS, HEAVING UNDER THE BLOW WHICH HAD STRUCK HER DOWN... Chief Inspector Pearson of Scotland Yard is called in to solve the crime - but the old wealthy Baroness had quarrelled with most everyone in Harrington Convent, and there is no shortage of suspects. What's more, he must deal with a particularly shrewd Reverend Mother, and nuns and students who lead him on a merry chase...
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