Readers have come to delight in the murdersolving exploits of septuagenarian Sister Mary Helen, a nun with a nose for trouble. Once you meet this spry, clever sleuth, you'll want to make a habit of reading her adventures again and again.

Birds of a feather flock together, and a convention of the OWLs(Older Women's League) takes Sister Mary Helen to New York City. Aside from sightseeing and some divinely inspired workshops, she'[s most interested in discovering the reason behind the secretive behavior of her old friend Erma Duran. And once they return to San Francisco. Erma disappears. A religious medal left behind and a cryptic clue connected to a Byzantine Madonna send a worried Sister Mary Helen to Kate Murphy at the SFPD for help. But the wise old nun continues snooping where angels fear to tread. Now she's headed for a web of sin and sorrow...and a dangerous entanglement with death.