"O'Marie delivers compelling characters and sophisticated plotting in her best effort to date."-Publishers Weekly

"[There is a] depth to the novel beyond the level of a simple whodunit. Hard to put down."-Booklist

The police have their procedures, but Sister Mary Helen does a lot with prayer and common sense.

In this seventh outing for Sister Mary Helen and her coconspirator, Sister Eileen, the two nuns take time out from their
duties at Mount St. Francis College in San Francisco when a wealthy widow, a benefactor of the college and dear friend, is
the second victim of a local rapist-murderer. And if that weren't enough to make the nuns take the crime personally (and
infuriate the homicide detective in charge, who has had experience with these feisty elderly nuns before), the policeman
husband of a former student (herself a cop) is severely wounded in a confrontation with the criminal.

Between juggling their regular duties, ducking the notice of the detectives on the case, and a well-meaning plan to
straighten out the life of a sad young woman employed by the college library, Sister Mary Helen and Sister Eileen have their
hands full. But, as criminals, law enforcement types, and their fellow nuns have discovered, there's no stopping the pair if
they feel their involvement is called for.

Not all the villains in the engrossing mystery are criminals; there are a couple of mothers who would delight Sigmund
Freud. But the many reader-friendly characters, and especially the two elderly nuns, make this a charming as well as
exciting read.