When one nun dies in a bizarre accident and another disappears, hushed whispers of virgin sacrifice, Mother Goddess worship, suicide, and murder spread among the Sisters at Cornwall House convent and Sister Joan is sent to investigate

A Vow of Silence

Black, Veronica

Literature & Fiction

St Martins Pr

Single mother Joy Prentice, a writer and waitress abandoned by her lover when she became pregnant, is caught in a deadly struggle to gain back her daughter Sally, kidnapped at the restaurant where she works

Last Seen Wearing

A Vow of Chastity

With a killer stalking the moors near their convent in Cornwall, Sister Joan must battle the forces of evil threatening the nuns, as well as the temptations elicited in her own heart by the cynical police officer on the case

When historical researcher Jessica Cameron takes a room at The Cedars to study mid-nineteenth-century domestic life, she hardly expects to encounter much excitement. But as soon as she settles in, suspicions serenade her heart. Who is that padding down the hall at night? Who is the little girl she saw in the odd pink ruffled dress? Jessica discovers a shred of paper in an old cookbook that is scrawled hauntingly with the words: "My na...name is...my name is P...my name is Polly Winter..." - and her research begins. Then suddenly Mrs. Tate, the housekeeper at The Cedars, and her daughter both disappear. Research turns to panicked investigation as Jessica, aided by Jake, a local artist, uncovers the eerie evidence of an unsolved nineteenth-century murder case that she realizes is being reenacted....

My Name Is Polly Winter

While on a spiritual retreat in Scotland, spirited nun and amateur detective Sister Joan makes the shocking discovery of a modern skeleton in an ancient crypt

A Vow of Sanctity

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Minotaur Books

Sister Joan of the Order of the Daughters of Compassion returns in a mystery that begins when she finds the body of a girl in a bridal gown and learns of the murderer's strange connection to another nun

A Vow of Obedience

With Father Malone off on sabbatical and a replacement on scene, Sister Joan joins forces with her old friend Detective Sergeant Mill to investigate vandalism at the convent and the supposed "suicide" of Father Malone's housekeeper.

A Vow of Penance

With a little help from the ever-agnostic Detective Sergeant Mill, Sister Joan once again finds herself the reluctant sleuth when she discovers first a knife, then a foreboding blood-red rose, and finally the bludgeoned body of a young novitiate - all within the walls of holy sanctuary. Will the murderer kill again? One of the postulants knows more than she's telling, and Sister Joan, as usual, has pieced together more than she lets on. Balancing her vows to the Lord against her unerring investigative instincts, our detective-nun must find the killer before he strikes again.

A Vow of Devotion

st.martins press

Twenty years after promising to meet her art school classmates at Queen Elizabeth's tomb, Sister Joan receives a mysterious photograph of the meeting place and learns that three of her former companions have suffered terrible deaths

A Vow of Fidelity

In the midst of trying to raise funds for the Order of the Daughters of Compassion, Sister Joan finds out that two teenagers have been murdered and that someone has been sneaking around the convent, and sets out to unlock the mystery.

A Vow of Poverty

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