Synopsis
DIVINE INTERVENTION
Sister Agatha is an extern nun in the cloistered order at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery near a small New Mexican desert town. As an extern, Sister Agatha is the link between her cloistered sisters and the outside world. Usually this means running errands in the monastery's slowly dying automobile (dubbed the Anti-Chrystler) or their motorcycle with Pax, the order's German Shepard, in the side car. Sometimes her duties involve a bit more—like when Father Mahoney's eight-year-old niece goes missing in the middle of the night. Now it's up to Sister Agatha to find the girl…and to find out whether the young Natalie was telling the truth when she claimed to have a guardian angel—or if someone in the community has something far more sinister in store….
"A richly textured world… you'll believe in Prey for a Miracle!"—Julia Spencer Fleming, Agatha Award-winning author of All Mortal Flesh
"Sister Agatha is sure to delight readers…with her winsome ways and non-nonsense faith."—Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
In the Thurlos' charming but imperfect third cozy involving New Mexico's Our Lady of Hope Monastery (after 2004's Thief in Retreat), Sister Agatha is charged with looking after Natalie, an eight-year-old whose mother lies in a coma after a bad car wreck. Sister Agatha and her buddy, Sheriff Tom Green, suspect that the wreck was no accident someone is after Natalie and her mom. If protecting a precocious little girl isn't enough to manage, Sister Agatha is also burdened by her convent's financial problems. The order is short on cash and needs to replace the roof, a subplot actually more engaging than the somewhat thin mystery surrounding Natalie and her mom's stalker. Indeed, the Thurlos could have provided a more plausible lineup of suspects and a less predictable ending. Still, Sister Agatha, with her winsome ways and no-nonsense faith, is sure to delight readers. (July) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.