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The third audiobook a dramatic new mystery series set in a Cornish convent. Perfect for fans of Black Narcissus, Daphne Du Maurier and Margaret FrazerSister Joan heads to the serene shores of Loch Morag for a spiritual retreat in a cave up a steep hill. She's hoping for peace and quiet, but she soon finds trouble. Six years ago the womanizing husband of the local store-owner disappeared. Then the minister's wife died of an overdose. Was it an accident...
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IT'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN ADORATION AND INFATUATION. While out riding one day Sister Joan stumbles across an old, ruined chapel in a lonely area of the moors.
It looks abandoned, but it's not empty.
On one of the pews lies a man. From the smell, Joan guesses he's been dead for some time.
With Detective Alan Mill away, Joan goes to his deputy, but the police seem strangely reluctant to help.
Meanwhile, a young woman turns up and begs Sister Joan...
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Sister Joan receives a photo of her art school classmates, reminding her of a reunion pact they made 20 years ago. But for three of group, it's too late - they're already dead. Joan is more determined than ever to attend the get-together.
Then another copy of the photo arrives, again anonymously, with the dead friends crossed out and an ominous black circle drawn around Sister Joan.
Ten old friends.
Three are dead.
Is she next?
Sister Joan must...
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ONCE IS HAPPENSTANCE. TWICE IS COINCIDENCE. THREE TIMES IS WORTH INVESTIGATING.
When Mother Dorothy's godmother dies of a heart attack and leaves all her money to the convent, Sister Joan is uneasy.
While on visiting duty at the hospital, she makes some tacit enquiries. Things don't seem quite right.
The nursing staff are always away from their posts at crucial times.
The surly young doctor seems very out of sorts.
Then a little girl goes missing.
Sister...
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The sixth book in the Sister Joan murder mystery series.
Two newcomers are visiting the convent in the hope of joining the nuns. But soon after their arrival, there's a mysterious late-night intruder. Who left the single red rose on the chapel steps? And are they connected to the new-age travellers camping on the moor? When one of the women is found bludgeoned to death, Sister Joan knows that their isolated convent is no longer safe. Teaming up with...
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Set in Cornwall, a crime novel featuring sleuthing nun Sister Joan, whose latest assignment is to investigate the death of two young people and the apparent reappearance of a man who has supposedly been dead for more than a year.
"We have a secret the Devil and I." These are the chilling words on the back of an old photograph that Sister Joan uncovers while cleaning out the attic storerooms. What she discovers among the dusty antiques leads to her...