Christine Bennett
Created by Lee Harris (pseud. of Syrell Rogovin Leahy)

CHRISTINE BENNETT is a former nun, out of St. Stephen's Convent, a parttime teacher at a nearby college not far from New York City, and an engaging sometime amateur/sometime professional sleuth in this well-written series by Lee Harris. Sorta one of those not quite but almost private eyes.

Supposedly not as bad as it sounds, which is the real reason I've listed what seems to me to be more of an amateur than professional detective series. (I've never read any, so anyone with a bit more insight is urged to contact me).

Christine's debut, The Good Friday Murder, was nominated for an Edgar for Best Paperback Original, and the series is doing well enough to keep chugging along at a great clip. Along the line, she's even acquired a husband, Jack, and a son, Eddie. Gee, I wonder if she knows SISTER CECILE, Winona Sullivan's crime-solving nun?

NOVELS

• The Good Friday Murder (1992)
• The Yom Kippur Murder (1992)
• The Christening Day Murder (1993)
• The St. Patrick's Day Murder (1994)
• The Christmas Night Murder (1994)
• The Thanksgiving Day Murder (1995)
• The Passover Murder (1996)
• The Valentine Day's Murder (1996)
• The New Year's Eve Murder (1997)
• The Labor Day Murder (1998)
• The Father's Day Murder (1999). Buy this book
• The Mother's Day Murder (2000). Buy this book

Thanks to Al Hubin for the heads up.

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