The Midnight Visitor
The Midnight Visitor features two old friends, Sister Mary Maxwell-Hume, and her 'pet' policeman John Knox, newly promoted to Detective Inspector. The new detective has a couple of cases to solve...
It's midnight in St Ninian's Haven: a nun makes her nightly call on those near the end of life. As she goes round whispering a prayer over each in turn, some are more aware of her ministrations than others.
For one, however, it's too late. He lies face down on top of another comatose patient, and it's unlikely that he's died of natural causes, given that a brand new Sabatier fish knife is protruding from his back. Meanwhile, for the nun who finds him, there's a further shock: she's known the dead man for most of her life.
But help is at hand. A friend from her past happens to answer the emergency call to the police. Years before, the nun used to teach him piano. And some other things...
Sister Mary Maxwell-Hume is back – with Inspector John Knox!
It's midnight in St Ninian's Haven: a nun makes her nightly call on those near the end of life. As she goes round whispering a prayer over each in turn, some are more aware of her ministrations than others.
For one, however, it's too late. He lies face down on top of another comatose patient, and it's unlikely that he's died of natural causes, given that a brand new Sabatier fish knife is protruding from his back. Meanwhile, for the nun who finds him, there's a further shock: she's known the dead man for most of her life.
But help is at hand. A friend from her past happens to answer the emergency call to the police. Years before, the nun used to teach him piano. And some other things...
Sister Mary Maxwell-Hume is back – with Inspector John Knox!
"Delicious addition to the Edinburgh crime scene - death, drama and drollery."
– Olga Wojtas, author of the 'Miss Blaine's Prefect' series.
– Olga Wojtas, author of the 'Miss Blaine's Prefect' series.
