A Killing in Retrospect (A Sister Agnes Mysteries) - Hardcover

Cummings, Barbara

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9781594147845: A Killing in Retrospect (A Sister Agnes Mysteries)

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ISBN 10: 1594147841 ISBN 13: 9781594147845

Publisher: Five Star, 2009

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Trying to help a student discover the truth about his mother's death, Sister Agnes becomes embroiled in a mystery involving the death of a young scullery maid and an old gang member, all of which may be related to Rhode Island's underworld crime organization.

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A gangland war threatens to break out in Depression-era Providence, R.I., in Cummings's gripping second Sister Agnes mystery (after 2006's A Killing on Church Grounds). Dante Ricci, the nine-year-old son of reputed mob boss Vincent Ricci, asks Sister Mary Agnes of the Merciful Sisters of Mary to catch whoever killed his mother, who died a year earlier in a suspicious car crash at the Ricci family farm. Aggie's policeman cousin, Sgt. Josiah Morgan, and Pietro Tiny DiSilva, Vincent's partner, join the informal investigation. After Irish maid Kitty Killian dies from eating cyanide-laced sugar cubes intended for Vincent, Sister Agnes begins to think they're starring in their own version of the gangster film Public Enemy. Sure enough, more murders follow. Cozy fans will appreciate Aggie's prayerful approach to crime solving, though some may wonder about her fondness for firearms (I did love the feel of a gun in my hands). (Oct.)
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