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A Vow of Silence

by Veronica Black · 1990

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A Sister Joan Mystery.

The sisters at lonely Cornwall Convent share chilling secrets they cannot confess . . . Sister Sophia is dead. Sister Magdalen has vanished. Sister Joan, newly transferred to the convent to investigate its mysterious troubles, begins to suspect what she hardly dares to name: Blasphemy . . . and worse . . .

Genre
British mysterymysterycozy mysterycrime
Setting
1990sEngland
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 217 pages

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