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This series has been on my reading radar for years and I am delighted that I finally got around to reading it. The Convent of St Anselm lives peacefully in between the village of Cullingoak and the Cullingoak Agricultural Institute. However, all is not peaceful within the Convent one November morning, after it becomes apparent that Sister Anne is missing. When her body is found, Inspector C.D. Sloan and Detective Constable William Crosby are sent in to investigate.
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Aird's trademark dry wit and fine sense of irony are evident even in her first book, The Religious Body. Inspector Sloan, aided only slightly by the slow-witted Crosby, must figure out who killed a nun in her convent - before the killer strikes again. Full review to come.
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Sister Gertrude wakes all the members of the Convent of St Anselm as usual one morning but Sister Anne isn't in her cell. It is assumed that she has already got up because she sleeps next door to a nun who snores loudly. Then Sister Peter finds blood on her thumb when she turns the pages of the Gradual and is mortified that she has damaged a valuable book.
When Sister Anne doesn't appear at breakfast a search is launched for her and she is soon located at the bottom of the cellar steps - dead. E ...more
When Sister Anne doesn't appear at breakfast a search is launched for her and she is soon located at the bottom of the cellar steps - dead. E ...more
A nun is found murdered in a convent and Inspector Sloan is called to investigate the case in an unusual setting where the witnesses are expected not to look. Next door is an agricultural college with young men looking for trouble at Guy Fawkes. A lovely start to this series which I plan to continue.
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An impressive beginning that makes me want to read further. More here: https://ahotcupofpleasureagain.wordpr...
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This is the first novel I've read by Aird, and the first in a series featuring Inspector Sloan. A well-plotted mystery set in a Convent, with a likeable protagonist in Sloan.
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