Half Past Nun - Sister Mary Teresa, Bk 9 Author:Ralph McInerny (Writing as Monica Quill) The ninth in the clever and intriguing mystery series featuring Sister Mary Teresa, "Half Past Nun" puts the sisters at Walton Street on the case of a methodical killer. — Police investigator Richard Moriarity is searching for "Oscar," a serial killer who is menacing the peaceful streets of suburban Chicago. Amidst the hysteria, Richard meets Ast... more »rid -- a stunning woman with an unknown past who wants to write a book on Oscar and the investigation. Against his better instincts, Richard agrees to help her.
Not far from the crime scenes, Sister Mary Teresa Dempsey and her peers struggle to piece the murders together. It seems that the world has grown hopelessly unsafe since the days when the Order ran their beloved College of Martha and Mary. Although the sisters still consider their convent home a haven, it is not long before a visitor, young Mitzi Earl, is attacked outside its door. Mitzi survives to describe her attacker's face, but then is stalked to her death while under police surveillance.
When an alumna of the College of Martha and Mary is terrorized by the same killer, Sister Mary Teresa begins to see the curious connections between victims -- and realizes that the mysterious Astrid may hold the key to the crime. Before this riveting case unfolds, Richard, Sister Mary Teresa, and the women of Walton Street will have to relive a tragedy from the distant past in order to solve the mysteries of the present.
Monica Quill is the pseudonym of Ralph McInerny, author of the Father Dowling mysteries.« less