The Eye of the Virgin

Ramsay, Frederick

ISBN 10: 1590587626 / ISBN 13: 9781590587621

Published by Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale, 2014

About this Item

First trade paper edition, second printing of the sixth novel in the "Ike Schwartz" series. In fine unread condition.

Seller Inventory # 16872

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Eye of the Virgin
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, Scottsdale
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590587626
• ISBN 13: 9781590587621
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Authors
  • Mystery
  • Police Procedurals

About this title

Synopsis

"Sure-footed plotting and easy banter make Ramsay's sixth Sheriff Ike mystery a brisk, entertaining read." ―Kirkus Reviews

On the same evening a body is left in Picketsville's urgent care clinic, a mysterious break-in occurs at the house of one of Callend University's faculty. Sheriff Ike Schwartz thinks both events might be connected to The Virgin of Tenderness, an icon in the faculty member's possession.

Then, what appears to be a microdot is found on the icon. In an era of sophisticated cyber-encrypted information transfer, the presence of this bit of CIA nostalgia brings in Ike's friend Charlie Garland and the forces from Langley.

Ike has no wish to engage with them or their problems. He has killers to apprehend―in spite of the meddling by government agencies. But there is more to these murders than meets the eye. A dead CIA agent and a rogue handler could trigger an international incident....

About the Author

Frederick Ramsay was raised on the east coast and attended graduate school in Chicago. He was a writer of mysteries set in Virginia, (the Ike Schwartz Mysteries) Botswana Mystery series, Jerusalem Mystery series and stand-alones (Impulse, Judas: The Gospel of Betrayal). He was a retired Episcopal Priest, Academic, and author.