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Old 05-21-2026, 05:37 PM   #8563
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So a few years ago, there was a discussion on here about the Sister Mary Helen series by Carol Anne O'Marie, and a general agreement that the $7.99 to $11.99-ish prices for decades-old backlist were pretty absurd. Now the books in the series have started being discounted from time to time, usually to $2.99, which I still consider too much for decades-old backlist, but occasionally to $1.99, which is more in my range. I read most or all of these in DTB, back in those days, and have vague but fond memories of them as good cozies. Nothing super special, but also a bit of extra fun for me with the San Francisco setting, which is near where I grew up.

And now the first book in the series, Novena for Murder, is on sale for $1.99, so you can try it to see if you like it without spending too much. And several others are are at $2.99 right now as well.

Novena for Murder, #1, $1.99
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003JTHJUS
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/novena-for-murder-1

Spoiler:
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Readers have come to delight in the murder-solving exploits of septuagenarian Sister Mary Helen, a nun with a nose for trouble.

Publishers Weekly calls the Sister Mary Helen Mysteries "refreshingly different". Once you meet this spry, clever sleuth, you'll want to make a habit of reading her adventures again and again.

Sister Mary Helen isn't ready for retirement. Instead she's arrived at a San Francisco women's college to teach history and perhaps shake things up. An earthquake does that before she can, and amid the rubble lies a body. An "Act of God" is not responsible for the death, but rather murder. One of Sister Helen's fellow nuns begins a novena to St. Dismas, "the Good Thief" predicting the saint will reveal the murderer within nine days. Sure enough the police soon nab a suspect...but Sister Mary Helen believes it's the wrong man and begins her own pursuit of the killer. Her motive is justice...and her inspiration, simply divine.


Sister Mary Helen webpage for other books in the series
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RP62NK3...kindle_edition
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/series/si...en-mysteries-1

Oh, and they're discountable at Kobo US if you have a coupon or VIP...
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