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City of silver City of silver Annamaria Alfieri In the midst of a Grand Inquisition, Mother Maria Santa Hilda finds herself at odds when the daughter of a wealthy man mysteriously dies in her care. Despite the fact that it looks as though the girl… OL13770091W
The clerk's tale The clerk's tale Margaret Frazer Dame Frevisse accompanies her prioress on a visit of mercy to a nunnery. St. Mary's nunnery is a place of prayer and healing for women - so it is surprising to see a man sprawled out in the cloist… OL15800462W
Sister Pelagia and the red cockerel Sister Pelagia and the red cockerel B. Akunin When someone bashes in the head of Manuila, the messianic leader of a rogue Jewish sect, aboard a steamboat on which Pelagia happens to be a passenger, her observations prove useful to the investigat… OL15861868W
The maiden's tale The maiden's tale Margaret Frazer It is an hour of desperate need for St. Frideswide's. Thrust into financial ruin by the incompetence and corruption of their former prioress, the nuns have become trapped under the thumb of Abbott Gi… OL15958182W
The convent The convent Panos Karnezis The Sisters at Our Lady of Mercy convent on the Spanish sierra find their solitude and silence altered when Mother Superior Maria Ines discovers a baby abandoned in a suitcase at the entrance to thei… OL16441453W
Jerome's Pillows Jerome's Pillows Christian Filostrat Sister Immanuel recounts her life and the life of her great love, Sister Mària, from their childhood in Belgium to their service as Catholic nuns in colonial Belgian Congo in this mesmerizing, psycho… OL17120102W
Behold a Pale Horse Behold a Pale Horse Peter Berresford Ellis AD 664: Sister Fidelma finds herself in the seaport of Genua, en route from Rome back to her native Cashel. Her old teacher, Brother Ruadan, lies dying in the abbey of Bobium - an isolated abbey in a… OL17508279W
The red nun The red nun Gail Godwin From Gail Godwin, three-time National Book Award finalist and acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Evensong and The Finishing School, comes a sweeping new novel of friendship, loyalty, riva… OL1865748W
Changing Habits Changing Habits Debbie Macomber They were sisters once.In a more innocent time, three girls enter the convent. Angelina, Kathleen and Joanna come from very different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common—the desire to join… OL1911555W
R is for rebel R is for rebel J. Anderson Coats Princess Academy meets Megan Whalen Turner in this stunning novel about a girl who won t let anything tame her spirit not the government that conquered her people, and definitely not reform school! OL19733978W
Atonement of blood Atonement of blood Peter Berresford Ellis "Winter, 670 AD. King Colgu has invited the leading nobles and chieftains of his kingdom to a feast day. Fidelma and her companion Eadulf are finally home for an extended stay, and have promised thei… OL19982982W
A shameful murder A shameful murder Cora Harrison Cork, Ireland, 1923. When, one wet March morning, Reverend Mother Aquinas discovers a body at the gate of the convent chapel, she immediately sends for one of her former pupils, Police Sergeant Patri… OL20982612W
Sacred hearts Sacred hearts Sarah Dunant The year is 1570, and in the convent of Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Ferrara, noblewomen find space to pursue their lives under God's protection. But any community, however smoothly run, su… OL21774671W
The boy's tale The boy's tale Margaret Frazer "The half brothers to Henry VI, King of England, are under threat. A lady in their mother's household flees with the boys to St Frideswide's and ask for sanctuary. But as attempts are made on the boy… OL24251837W
The outlaw's tale The outlaw's tale Margaret Frazer Leaving the safety of her nunnery walls behind, Dame Frevisse is drawn into an unholy web of treachery and deceit. Waylaid on the King's Highway by a band of outlaws, Frevisse is shocked to discover … OL473662W
The Servant's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries) The Servant's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries) Margaret Frazer The Christmas season brings strange guests to the medieval nunnery of St. Frideswide's when a troupe of penniless players comes knocking at the gate. They bear with them the badly mangled body of a v… OL473672W
The widow's tale The widow's tale Margaret Frazer Recently widowed and still grieving, Cristiana Helyngton finds her life wrenched apart by her late husband's greedy and ambitious relatives, who are determined to have control of her lands and her da… OL473679W
The divine economy of salvation The divine economy of salvation Priscila Uppal "When Sister Angela receives an anonymous package containing an ornate silver candlestick, an object she hasn't seen in twenty-five years, her safe and simple life begins to unravel. Suddenly she mus… OL5771499W
Somewhat Saved Somewhat Saved Pat G'Orge-Walker In her latest, most soulful and side-splitting send-up of church life yet, Pat G’Orge-Walker’s hilarious cast of parishioners battle their worst vices, the funny and serious sides of aging, and each … OL6037444W
Shroud for the Archbishop Shroud for the Archbishop Peter Berresford Ellis The second installment of the series set in medieval Ireland finds Celtic nun Sister Fidelma investigating the brutal death of Wighard, Archbishop Designate of Canterbury, a case that leads her into … OL77059W
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