The Corporal Works of Murder

"...BURY THE DEAD."

On the feast of St. Francis Caracciolo, Sister Mary Helen finished chanting the Corporal Works of Mercy-- "...to feed and shelter the homeless, visit the sick, and bury the dead" --before she went to work at the Refuge, a San Francisco women's shelter. Immediately she wondered about a pretty new visitor, suspiciously too well-kept to be down and out. Only a few minutes later, Mary Helen found the mysterious woman shot and dying on the sidewalk. The police don't want an old nun meddling in the case, but that doesn't stop Mary Helen from snooping around and discovering the victim's true identity. And when Mary Helen- discovers two more bodies, it's the police who may be confessing their need of a sharp-witted Sister with connections to a Higher Authority... .