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Sister Agnes #2

by Alison Joseph

Kathleen McAleer witnesses a possible murder at St. Hugh's, a large London teaching hospital. But Kathleen has been rendered mute by a stroke and so cannot warn anyone that thirty-eight-year-old administrative assistant Gail Sullivan's demise may have been quite intentional. Luckily for Kathleen, the hospital asks Sister Agnes Bourdillon to arrange the While trying to clear her ex-husband of an accusation of murder in Sacred Hearts, Agnes discovered that her calling and her curiosity combine to make her a formidable sleuth. Even a novice like Agnes cannot help but be suspicious when the hospital staff insists on performing Gail's postmortem in-house, on not notifying the police, and on cremating the body. Agnes soon finds herself at the heart of a murderous intrigue, with her life further complicated by her attraction to a mysterious artist she meets at the hospital.

349 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1995

About the author

Alison Joseph was born and brought up in London. She studied French and Philosophy at Leeds University, and then worked in local radio in Leeds as a producer and presenter. She moved back to London in 1983 and worked for a Channel 4 production company, making short documentaries. In 1985 she set up her own company, Works on Screen. Productions included Through the Devil's Gateway, a series about women and religion presented by Helen Mirren, which was broadcast by Channel 4 in 1989. A book of the series was published by SPCK. Sister Agnes became a reality with the publication of Sacred Hearts in 1994. This was followed by The Hour of Our Death (1995), The Quick and the Dead (1996), A Dark and Sinful Death (1997), The Dying Light (1999) and The Night Watch (2000). All the Sister Agnes books are published by Endeavour Press and Allison & Busby in the UK, and the first three are also available in German.
Other novels include Dying to Know (published by Endeavour Press), featuring D I Berenice Killick. Alison is also the author of two novellas in which (a fictional) Agatha Christie is the detective. They are Murder Will Out and Hidden Sins, both published by Endeavour Press. The third is due out Autumn 2016.

Alison has also written short stories for Radio 4, for YOU magazine, for Critical Quarterly and for various women's magazines, as well as abridging novels for Radio 4's Book at Bedtime and The Late Book, including the award-winning production of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. She is the author of about twenty-five plays for BBC Radio 4. Her most recent short story is Samir's Lament, available on Kindle Singles.

Alison lives in London.