THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS
Book Club

Blood on a Saint

1 Mins read

bloodonasaint200Last time we caught up with Father Burke and Monty Collins, they were back in the old country for Death at Christy Burke’s. Now they’ve returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a woman’s claim to have seen the Virgin Mary in the churchyard of St Bernadette’s is about to give them their biggest headache yet. In the wake of all the pilgrims who have traveled to the church, controversial talkshow host Pike Podgis has arrived in town to ask some probing questions of Fr Brennan. Things don’t go well but less than 24 hours later a body is found in the churchyard, and it’s Podgis who finds himself with uncomfortable questions to answer. Monty finds himself lumbered with the man’s defence, and with Brennan bound by the confessional, the pair must try to solve a crime without discussing what they know with each other.

This book was Spriteby’s favourite crime novel of 2013, and so it’s on our Recommended list.


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related posts
PrintReviews

A Man Downstairs by Nicole Lundrigan

A Man Downstairs is the ninth book written by the acclaimed Canadian author Nicole Lundrigan. It’s a taut psychological thriller that brings to mind the expression that you can never go home again. When her father Gil has a massive stroke, Molly Wynters returns to…
iBookKindlePrintReviews

I Only Read Murder by Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson

Ian Ferguson and Will Ferguson are highly regarded Canadian humorists – Leacock Award winners, no less – who now and again joins forces to pen books like How to be a Canadian. Now they’ve turned their satirical eye on cosy crime fiction with a short…
KindlePrintReviews

The Corpse with the Opal Fingers by Cathy Ace

The Corpse with the Opal Fingers is the 13th book in the Cait Morgan series by Cathy Ace. This series features a globe-trotting duo, Welsh-Canadian professor of criminal psychology, Cait Morgan and her husband, Bud Anderson who is a retired cop. These books are traditional…
Crime Fiction Lover