Quiet as a Nun

One of Lady Antonia Fraser''s gripping Jemima Shore mysteries, set in a secluded nunnery.

''I lit the candle and began rather gingerly to climb up the ladder. Then I heard a distinct sound above my head. A scrape on the floor, an irregular jarring on the floor above my head, like something rocking . . .''

A nun is dead - her emaciated corpse has been discovered locked in the tower of Blessed Eleanor...