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Quiet As a Nun

(1977)
(The first book in the Jemima Shore series)
A novel by Antonia Fraser

A Jemima Shore mystery. When a nun is found dead in a ruined tower at Blessed Eleanor's Convent, the glamorous Jemima, renowned television reporter, is called in by Reverend Mother Ancilla to investigate. Blessed Eleanor was Jemima's own convent school, and the dead nun was heiress to a fortune.

Genre: Mystery

Praise for this book

"A judicious mixture of puzzle, excitement, and terror." - P D James

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