The Corporal Works of Murder: A Sister Mary Helen Mystery (Sister Mary Helen Mysteries)

by Carol Anne O'Marie

Book Overview

Readers have come to delight in the murder-solving exploits of septuagenarian Sister Mary Helen, a nun with a nose for nabbing killers. Publishers Weekly calls the mysteries "refreshingly different"... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312984669
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.6" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

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Fantastic Mystery Series!

Sister Carol Ann O'Marie is an excellent and exciting writer. Clever Sister Mary Helen is very adept at solving the most detailed mysteries. The mystery reader will really enjoy these, quick reading, attention grabbing and "I can't put the book down!" kind of stories. I especially enjoyed the book on the "Pilgrimage" to Santiago de Compostela, as have been there and visited that area. You cannot miss with this author and her series. If you like Morse, Inspector Lynley and Midsommer Murders, go for this series. Outstanding!!!!!!

super sister's sleuth

I have read all of Sr. O'Marie's books and I think they are all wonderful. I love her writing style and her ability to familiarize her readers with her characters. I also appreciate her ability to weave some good sound theology in her work. I anxiously await the next book.

realistic cerebral cozy

Although she is seventy years old, Sister Mary Helen of Mount Saint Frances College still tends to her duties and has no intention of retiring even if her Sisters and the San Francisco police force think it would be the best thing that could happen to them. After forty years of teaching she is now ministering at the Shelter, a refugee for homeless women.Sister Mary Helen notices a new woman in the shelter, who very obviously has not been on the streets long. The next time she sees that homeless person, the woman is dying from a bullet through her chest. It turns out that Sarah was an undercover vice cop so when Sister Mary Helen learns this, she decides once again to insinuate herself into a murder investigation.Readers who like the Father Darling mysteries will appreciate this long running series. Sister Carol Anne O'Marie writes a realistic cerebral cozy starring a protagonist it is impossible not to like. The author deals with some major social issues and she gets her point across without preaching.Harriet Klausner