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Someone is strangling novice nuns in Jackson's terrifying if overwrought seventh Bentz and Montoya novel (after Malice). When NOPD homicide detectives Reuben Montoya and Rick Bentz arrive at the first crime scene, the chapel of St. Marguerite's Convent, Montoya recognizes the murder victim, Sister Camille, as his old high school girlfriend, Cammie Renard. In another coincidence, the novice sister who discovered Camille's body, Lucia Costa, once dated Montoya's brother. On top of that, one of the prime suspects is a high school classmate of Montoya's, Fr. Francis O'Toole, who may have had an affair with the victim. As Cammie's sister, Valerie, a former Texas cop now a New Orleans Garden District B&B owner, struggles with a surprise visit from her estranged husband, more nuns succumb to a crazed killer. Val learns more than she bargained for about her pastand Cammie'sat a nearby orphanage in a creepy thriller sure to please Jackson's many fans. (Apr.)
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The crime scene at St. Marguerites cathedral in New Orleans is shocking, even to seasoned detectives like Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya. A novice nun named Sister Camille has been found dressed in a yellowed bridal gown and viciously garroted, her body covered with an altar cloth. Valerie Houston is devastated by her sisters death. For weeks, shed begged Camille to leave St. Marguerites, where she seemed determined to live as some kind of martyr. But Camille had a knack for making bad choices she joined the convent in part because shed fallen for Vals soon-to-be ex-husband, Slade. Convinced the police arent doing enough, Val begins to investigate. Slade, on a mission to repair their marriage, is determined to help her. But the deeper Vals inquiries go, the more twisted the case becomes. St. Marguerites is far from the tranquil retreat many believe, and everyone, from handsome Father Frank OToole to the mysterious Mother Superior, has their own agenda. Despite their closeness, even Camille had a hidden life Val never suspected. But someone knew about Camilles past and Vals, too. Now she has no choice but to catch a devious, depraved killer intent on purging St. Marguerites of all its sins before she becomes the next victim...
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