The Convent’s Assassin

The Convent’s Assassin

The Convent’s Assassin

Pauline Drouin-Degorgue

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Strategic Book Group, LLC
Año de edición:
2020
Materia
Obra de misterio y suspense
ISBN:
9781946539229
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The Convent’s AssassinA nun has been murdered.In the room a sleeping body offers its uncovered throat. In a split second, the murderous arm rises and strikes its target two times. The weapon pierces the throat to the right and to the left. The body convulses for a moment before surrendering to death. The door closes and the shadow slips back into the darkness.The deceased is Mother Notre-Dame-Des-Pins, the Mother Guardian of the Convent. One could say that she was a mean and cruel woman. Many lives were held captive in her hands. All feared destruction by her vengeful nature. She had to die. However, who possessed the courage   to administer justice?Was the killer a nun or her young paramour?Or rather, these two lovers surprised in action by the terrible woman?Or perhaps this good chaplain with a heavy conscience?Just what goes on behind the closed doors of Convents?Set in the 1950s, this spell-binding murder mystery holds its secrets until the very end.

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