Murder In A Nunnery, Eric Shepherd
Murder In A Nunnery, Eric Shepherd
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Murder In A Nunnery

Author: Eric Shepherd

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2018

Synopsis

In the fictional Harrington Convent one of its more challenging inhabitants, Baroness Sliema is found murdered, Chief Inspector Pearson of Scotland Yard is called to solve the crime.  He discovers the Convent is governed by a particularly shrewd and omniscient Reverend Mother and we meet a varied and entertaining cast of characters observed with wit and charm.  Shepherd describes the world of a Convent with its colourful, and in some cases unlikely, inhabitants with sympathy and humour making for a gentle and entertaining tale.

Reviews

Goodreads review by CLM

The heroine of this novel always reminded me of the girl in Saki's The Open Window. I remember my 7th grade librarian telling me that the author's sisters were RSCJ nuns, which was why the convent setting was both accurate and respectful.......more

Goodreads review by Susan

Elderly Baroness Sliema has a hobby: making enemies. But as an honored (paying) guest at the Harrington Convent School, she doesn't expect to be murdered...Chief Inspector Pearson doesn't know anything about convents or nuns, but when he meets the Reverend Mother, he knows he's in the presence of so......more

Goodreads review by Rosemary

Enjoyable and undemanding.......more

Goodreads review by Bev

Murder in a Nunnery (1940) by Eric Shepherd takes place at the Harrington Convent School. The Baroness Sliema is found murdered on the steps of the St. Joseph altar in the convent's chapel and Chief Inspector Pearson is surprised to find that passions and motives abound in what he expected to be a q......more

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