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In Sister Agatha – do I detect a nod to Ms Christie? – Paul Waters has created a wonderful new detective character: a nun with a wicked sense of humour and certainly no push-over. She is not above the occasional minor sin either, in the form of a sneaky cigarette or the bending of the occasional rule. The extra touch of genius here is to locate the semi-retired Irish nun to India.
The streets of Old Delhi are vividly evoked and the meeting of these two cultures is another joy. In what I sincerely hope is the first of many adventures, we find the sister at the Delhi Haveli Hotel, in the company of hotel manager and fellow sneaky smoker Avtar Mehta.
A highly entertaining and original addition to the cosy crime genre.
'I loved it!' Robert Thorogood, author of The Marlow Murder Club
'A charming start to a vibrant new mystery series' Vaseem Khan
When semi-retired Irish nun Sister Agatha Murphy meets Avtar Mehta round the back of his historic Delhi hotel, they form an instant bond over a sneaky smoke and good gossip. Then a street robbery outside the hotel, a dead body inside it, and the disappearance of a pilgrim guest bring the local police to the hotel, determined to close their cases quickly, and with them the Delhi Haveli Hotel.
A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.
German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…
I loved the well-drawn, fallible characters and meticulously presented historical detail of this book, set in the dual timelines of today and the American Civil War of the 1860s. The modern day challenges of Iris and Benny, negotiating the everyday challenges of a long marriage gone stale, are every bit as engaging as Aoife and Thomas’ more dramatic struggles to save their farm and battle prejudice. On top of all that, there's a mystery that kept me gripped.
"Callaghan’s attention to historical accuracy is impressive throughout... [A]n engaging epic about loss, loneliness, and desire that perfectly encapsulates relatable human struggles." ~Kirkus Reviews
Submerged beneath layers of history lies a long-ago buried secret.
During the pandemic lockdown, Iris Pearl impulsively relocates her dulling marriage across the country in a bid to revive it. But renovating their Prerevolutionary Pennsylvania homestead gives Iris more than she bargained for when she makes a gruesome discovery, one that hurtles her and Benny’s haunted past to the present.
Iris is desperately consumed by the desire to know what happened on her property over a…
