En «el pozo de las serpientes», un pasaje aterrador en los bosques de Georgia, una niña, miembro de una comunidad creyente, pierde su inocencia y su vida a manos de un loco escapado de un hospital psiquiátrico. Es un acto tan horroroso y delirante que incluso los pocos que conocen los detalles los ocultan como su propio secreto atormentador. Con la llegada, catorce años más tarde, de un joven huérfano, el mal despierta de nuevo en «el pozo de las serpientes», y la peor pesadilla del pueblo reaparece en las tranquilas calles nocturnas. Y ahora, desde las profundidades del bosque, una voz convoca a quienes habrán de salvar al confiado pueblo de su horrible destino. Líbranos del mal es una terrorífica novela cuyo autor toma como base las intenciones del Maligno que nos describe la Biblia y las inculca en sus personajes para que estos las imiten y las pongan en práctica.

A phone call warning Christine Bennett that a body will be found is traced to the apartment of an attractive couple about to celebrate their 25th wedding... read The Silver Anniversary Murder to find out more! Excerpt. В© Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 "Is this Christine Bennett Brooks?" The voice in my ear was female, no-nonsense, and of indeterminate age. "Yes," I acknowledged. "Who's this?" "Are you the one who solved the murder of that man in Oakwood last year?" "Yes, I am." "You've looked into several murders in the last years, haven't you?" "Yes." If I sounded tentative, it was because I didn't know where this was going and I was somewhat intimidated both by the voice and by the direction of the words. "Well, here's another one for you. A body will be found later today. I want you to be the first to know. I think you may enjoy looking into this death." "Are you telling me someone has died?" "I don't believe I said that." My heart did something crazy. "Ma'am, is someone about to die?" "I don't think I said that either." "You--you aren't doing anything to harm yourself, are you?" I was trying to figure out how I could alert the police while keeping this woman on the line when I had only one telephone in my home. "Let me repeat what I said, Mrs. Brooks: A body will be found later today. I'm not saying where it will be found or whose body it will be--whose body it is," she corrected herself. "Who is this, please?" "Mrs. Brooks, you are wasting your time and mine. I have things to do. I simply wanted to give you a heads-up, and you're making it very difficult for me. Today is my twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. I remember how happy--and beautiful--I was as a bride. I remember how handsome and strong and loving my fiance was--my husband by the end of the day. Sadly, all things end." "Please," I said, feeling panicky. "Don't do anything you'll regret. Don't--" "I assure you I have no regrets. I just wanted to say thank you for listening to me and to tell you--" She stopped. "Yes?" I said anxiously. "And to tell you--Just a moment." I thought I heard another voice and then the sound was muffled. "Hello?" I said. "Are you still there?" There was a sound, loud and explosive. "Hello?" I said again. The phone on the other end clattered to the floor or onto a table, and a few seconds later, as I shouted frantically into my phone, a dial tone pierced the silence. A chill passed through my body. Reverting to my oldest instincts, I crossed myself. Then, without hanging up, I put the phone down on the kitchen counter, grabbed my bag and keys, and ran out to the car. "Just try to stay calm, Mrs. Brooks," the police officer said. I had made for the Oakwood police station as fast as I dared. They knew me because Jack, my husband, is an NYPD detective lieutenant, and he has pals among the Oakwood police. I appreciated the uniformed officer trying to calm me, but it did no good. I was nearly in tears, less coherent than my usual fairly calm demeanor, and certain that I had witnessed a shooting over the phone. "I'm fine. Please listen to me. Something terrible has just happened. Can you trace a call if the caller has hung up?" "Possibly, but it depends on the circumstances. Would you start from the beginning and tell me what happened?" I told him about the phone call, the female voice, as much of the conversation as I could recall. "And then there was another voice." "On the phone?" "No," I said with irritation. "There was another person on the woman's end of the call." "Man or woman?" "I think a man. I didn't hear anything clearly. But she stopped talking to me and started talking to him." "And then?" "And then," I said, swallowing, "there was an explosion--a gunshot, I think. And the phone fell. And then a dial tone came on the line." "Sounds like a prank to me." "Officer, please. She said a body would be found. I wasn't talking to a child. This was an adult woman. Oh yes, she said today was her wedding anniversary. Her twenty-fifth, I think she said. That would make her forty-five, give or take. I don't think this was a prank." "We'll look into it." I don't want to say he was lying to me, but I felt he was placating me, not addressing me as an equal. "I left my phone off the hook," I said urgently. "Is there something you can do right now to find out where the call came from?" "Oh, you did?" He sounded almost joyous. "Wait here a minute." I stood in front of the classic high counter and watched him disappear into an adjoining room. I looked at my watch. At least fifteen minutes had elapsed since I put the phone down in my kitchen, since the gunshot rang in my ears. If someone was lying wounded in a house here in town, we could save him if we got there soon enough. Three long minutes passed. I was alone in the outer office of the Oakwood police station. The phone rang, startling me. Someone inside must have picked it up as it stopped in the middle of the second ring. Come on, I thought. Do something. The officer returned, a man in civilian clothes behind him. "This is Detective Palermo," the officer said. "Mrs. Brooks. Her husband is Lieutenant Brooks of the NYPD." "A pleasure to meet you. I've met your husband. Jack, isn't it?" "Yes. Will you try to trace the call?" I was in no mood for chitchat. "Let's go back to your house and see what we can do. I'll follow." I dashed out to my car, hoping he would move quickly. His car was parked closer to the building and he waited until I had turned into the street before he pulled out of his space. Less than five minutes later I was unlocking my front door. "I just put it down without breaking the connection," I said, handing him the phone, which was making unpleasant noises. "That was the right thing to do. You can dial a code to get the number of the last call made to this number. If you'd hung up and someone else had called while you were out, that's the number we'd get. This way we'll get the number of your strange caller." I was relieved I had done the right thing. He took the phone, broke the connection, then turned it on again and dialed a few digits. He had taken a pen and a small notebook out of his pocket, and he wrote down a phone number as I watched. Then he dialed it. He must have listened to twenty rings or more before he hung up. "Sorry," he said. "No one answers." "Can you get an address?" I knew I was sounding pushy but I was certain that someone was lying dead or was dying in that house, and it was his job to find them. "Give me a minute. Why don't you sit down and relax, Mrs. Brooks. We'll get to the bottom of this." I was too keyed up to relax, whether sitting or standing. I walked away from him and stood at the entrance to our family room, looking away. He punched in a number, identified himself as a police detective, and asked for information on the number he had written down. It didn't take long. "OK," he said, sounding more casual than I felt. "I've got an address. I'll be on my way and I'll let you know what happens." "I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to follow you in my car. The woman who called said she knew who I was, but I didn't recognize the voice. I'd really like to know what's going on." "Sure," he said, and we went out to our respective cars. He knew where we were going; I didn't. I hadn't even asked if it was a great distance away. My son would be home from school in an hour and a half, and I had to be here or make a quick phone call to find someone to meet him. I kept the radio off in my car so I wouldn't be distracted and stayed close behind Detective Palermo. He signaled every turn so it was easy to keep him in sight. I had been surprised when the officer introduced this man as a detective. Oakwood isn't a very big town, and I wasn't aware we even had detectives in the police department. It occurred to me that we might share his services with a neighboring town. Oakwood isn't the kind of community that has a homicide more often than once every several years, although there are occasional break-ins and young people have been known to get in trouble. It was hardly enough to keep a full-time detective busy, but it was comforting to know that someone with that kind of training was available when we needed him. He stopped at the curb in front of a group of attractive garden apartments and got out of his car. I parked behind him and then joined him at a door. "It's upstairs," he said. "Two B." I followed him up and stood nearby while he rang the doorbell. When no one responded, he banged on the door. "Looks like no one's home. Let's see if there's a neighbor." The woman in 2A answered quickly, and Detective Palermo asked her about the occupants of the apartment across the hall. She shrugged and looked unconcerned. She was an older woman, probably in her sixties, dressed in a cotton skirt and blouse, her hair half dark, half gray, and cut short. "The Mitchells. I haven't seen them for a while." The name didn't ring a bell. "You know where they are?" Detective Palermo asked. "I'm not friendly with them. They complained about things, and I thought it was better to let them go their way and I would go mine." "How many people live in their apartment?" "I never see them come and go. More than one, I'm sure of that. A woman, maybe, I don't know, fifty. A man. Maybe two men. I guess they're a family." The detec...

En «el pozo de las serpientes», un pasaje aterrador en los bosques de Georgia, una niña, miembro de una comunidad creyente, pierde su inocencia y su vida a manos de un loco escapado de un hospital psiquiátrico. Es un acto tan horroroso y delirante que incluso los pocos que conocen los detalles los ocultan como su propio secreto atormentador.Con la llegada, catorce años más tarde, de un joven huérfano, el mal despierta de nuevo en «el pozo de las serpientes», y la peor pesadilla del pueblo reaparece en las tranquilas calles nocturnas.Y ahora, desde las profundidades del bosque, una voz convoca a quienes habrán de salvar al confiado pueblo de su horrible destino.Líbranos del mal es una terrorífica novela cuyo autor toma como base las intenciones del Maligno que nos describe la Biblia y las inculca en sus personajes para que estos las imiten y las pongan en práctica.

Gestures of Grace is a celebration of the life and career of Robert Sweetman, H. Evan Runner Chair in the History of Philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies (2001–present). These essays, written by students and colleagues, testify to the remarkable breadth and depth of Sweetman’s research and teaching, from his early scholarly career at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies to his time at ICS. Throughout the volume, there is extensive engagement with Sweetman’s influential historical scholarship on topics such as the emergence and development of the Dominican order in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, medieval women authors, Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus, and indeed on Sweetman’s own systematic contribution to the nature and promise of Christian scholarship today.

A Christine Bennett Mystery.A cheerful Christmas party at St. Stephen's Convent is spoiled when the guest of honor, Father Hudson McCormick, fails to arrive. Worried Sister Joseph asks Christine Bennet, a former St. Stephen' s nun, to investigate. Now every signpost points Christine into the past -- to a troubled young woman who committed suicide and a once-prominent family that has vanished as mysteriously as Father McCormick himself . . .

En «el pozo de las serpientes», un pasaje aterrador en los bosques de Georgia, una niña, miembro de una comunidad creyente, pierde su inocencia y su vida a manos de un loco escapado de un hospital psiquiátrico. Es un acto tan horroroso y delirante que incluso los pocos que conocen los detalles los ocultan como su propio secreto atormentador.Con la llegada, catorce años más tarde, de un joven huérfano, el mal despierta de nuevo en «el pozo de las serpientes», y la peor pesadilla del pueblo reaparece en las tranquilas calles nocturnas.Y ahora, desde las profundidades del bosque, una voz convoca a quienes habrán de salvar al confiado pueblo de su horrible destino.Líbranos del mal es una terrorífica novela cuyo autor toma como base las intenciones del Maligno que nos describe la Biblia y las inculca en sus personajes para que estos las imiten y las pongan en práctica.Versión : 1.2Autores : Harris, Allen LeeEPL Id : 10022248Páginas : 352Estado : Ver.

When ex-nun Christine Bennett can't get into her friend Mr. Herskovitz's apartment to accompany him to Yom Kippur services, she discovers that he's been murdered. The police arrest someone almost immediately, but Chris isn't ready to end her own investigation . . .From the Paperback edition.

When ex-nun Christine Bennett can't get into her friend Mr. Herskovitz's apartment to accompany him to Yom Kippur services, she discovers that he's been murdered. The police arrest someone almost immediately, but Chris isn't ready to end her own investigation . . . From the Paperback edition.

FRIENDS UNTIL DEATH Every year, the Morris Avenue Boys--chums since childhood--gather for a Father's Day reunion dinner. Now late in middle age, these men can bask in the rewards of honest success. So which of them seizes the opportunity that fateful evening to pull out an ice pick and stab to death the group's most celebrated member, novelist Arthur Wein? As investigator (and former nun) Christine Bennett peels back the layers of the past, forty years' worth of secrets emerge from the shadows--and the web of lies, theft, adultery, and blackmail woven by the once-innocent Bronx playmates rivals even the darkest plot of the dead man's novels. But in real life, this flesh-and-blood villain may never be caught. . . . From the Paperback edition.

Další tajemný případ bývalé jeptišky Christine Bennettové Pro Christine Bennettovou je šance, že se podívá do Svaté země, splněním celoživotního snu. O to větší radost má, když zjistí, že její nejlepší kamarádka Mel Grossová bude v tu dobu v Jeruzalémě také, aby se zúčastnila obřadu bar micva.Melin štědrý bratranec Gabe Gross, který má bar micva podstoupit, pozval do Izraele celou rodinu a spoustu přátel a naplánoval grandiózní oslavu. Chris není zvyklá cestovat, proto je ráda, že bude mít u sebe Mel, s níž se bude moct podělit o zážitky. Vše jde podle plánu, ovšem do té doby, než záhadně zmizí Gabe Gross. Dovolená se pro Chris rázem mění v práci a stopy, na které při vyšetřování naráží, ji dovádějí až k chladnokrevnému a vypočítavému vrahovi.

After twenty years of loyal service, Detective Jane Bauer is just two months and one case away from leaving the NYPD for a cushy desk job. Her last assignment: working for a special unit that tackles unsolved crimes. At a crossroads in her personal life, Jane relishes the chance to lose herself in a challenging investigation. Four years ago, Arlen Quill was found dead in the entryway to his apartment building--leaving no clues, no witnesses, and no leads. When Jane decides to interview Quill's old neighbors, she makes a startling discovery: Every single occupant at the time of the murder subsequently disappeared. Like any seasoned New Yorker, Jane knows that mere homicide isn't enough to drive people from their rent-controlled apartments. In Hell's Kitchen, where a cold case suddenly heats up--Jane soon finds herself face-to-face with a killer. . . . From the Paperback edition. Fiction

Christine Bennett has left the cloistered world of nuns for the profane world of New York State, where murder and madness are often linked. At a town meeting, Christine volunteers to investigate a forty-year-old murder case long since closed. Now she'll move heaven and earth to exonerate a pair of retarded savant twins, now senior citizens, of their mother's murder on Good Friday in 1950. **

En «el pozo de las serpientes», un pasaje aterrador en los bosques de Georgia, una niña, miembro de una comunidad creyente, pierde su inocencia y su vida a manos de un loco escapado de un hospital psiquiátrico. Es un acto tan horroroso y delirante que incluso los pocos que conocen los detalles los ocultan como su propio secreto atormentador. Con la llegada, catorce años más tarde, de un joven huérfano, el mal despierta de nuevo en «el pozo de las serpientes», y la peor pesadilla del pueblo reaparece en las tranquilas calles nocturnas. Y ahora, desde las profundidades del bosque, una voz convoca a quienes habrán de salvar al confiado pueblo de su horrible destino. Líbranos del mal es una terrorífica novela cuyo autor toma como base las intenciones del Maligno que nos describe la Biblia y las inculca en sus personajes para que estos las imiten y las pongan en práctica.

FINAL QUESTIONS. Until someone killed her, the only mystery about adorable Iris Grodnik was why she had never married. But for fifteen years, her strange disappearance and murder during a Passover seder has remained a troubling piece of family history. So when Iris's relatives ask ex-nun Chris Bennett--now the wife of a New York City cop--to make one last attempt to learn the truth, she reluctantly consents. Iris's old friends and suitors have scattered, and Chris soon suspects that some of the relatives are not telling her all they know about Iris's life and death. Then, in the dusty depths of a hall closet, she finds an old leather purse--and her worst forebodings about Iris Grodnik's haunting murder begin to be fulfilled. ... From the Paperback edition

Další případ z úspěšné detektivní řady s bývalou jeptiškou Christine Bennettovou.Před více než rokem se Natálie Gordonová zúčastnila oslavy Dne díkůvzdání a od té doby ji nikdo neviděl. Soukromý detektiv ani policie si neví s případem rady. Proto se Natáliin manžel rozhodne požádat o pomoc bývalou jeptišku Christine Bennettovou. Ta se ujme případu s vehemencí sobě vlastní a postupně odkrývá hrůzná tajemství, která nikdy neměla vyjít napovrch.

Bývalá jeptiška Christine jede na křtiny syna své kamarádky Maddie do městečka Studburg. To bylo před třiceti lety zatopeno kvůli stavbě přehrady a nyní se díky velkému suchu opět objevilo. Když Christine prochází vlhkými zákoutími suterénu kostela, objeví zde ostatky těla mladé ženy - děsivý pozůstatek třicet let staré vraždy. Podaří se Christine odhalit dávno pohřbená tajemství místních obyvatel a rozluštit zločin? Vrah se ovšem tak lehce nevzdává a neváhá udeřit znovu...

Je třicátého prosince a v New Yorku se blíží silvestrovské oslavy. Susan Starková se vrací do domu svých rodičů, na zvonek však již nezazvoní. Místo toho záhadně zmizí. To opravdu nevypadá dobře – obzvlášť v New Yorku, ve městě, které nikdy nespí. Jeho obří náruč poskytuje anonymitu všem, kteří se potřebují před něčím skrýt či od něčeho utéct. I ti ale za sebou obvykle zanechají stopu, někdy malou a jindy nápadnější. Ztratit se ze světa jen tak beze stopy, to je příliš velké sousto i na New York. Stojí snad za Susaniným zmizením někdo jiný? Ve vzduchu visí mnoho otazníků. Christine Bennettová má strach z nejhoršího. Vyzbrojena pouze několika telefonními čísly a Susaninou fotografií pátrá v utajené minulosti pohřešované dívky...

Když je Christine Bennettová pozvána na výlet do Arizony, využije příležitosti a těší se, že prožije nějaké dobrodružství. Cesta v ní ale vyvolá vzpomínky na dávného spolužáka ze střední školy, Heinze Grunera, který před dvaceti lety záhadně zemřel během pěší túry na Picacho Peak nedaleko Tucsonu. Byl zrovna svátek Cinco de Mayo. Chris se rozhodne kontaktovat Heinzovu matku, která si celé ty dlouhé roky láme hlavu, jak mohl její milovaný syn, zkušený turista, přijít o život. Jejím přáním je najít pravdu – ať už se jednalo o nehodu, jak vyplývá z policejního hlášení, nebo o vraždu. A tak Chris začíná hledat jakoukoli stopu a pátrat po každém, kdo by mohl mít nějakou vazbu na jejího dávného spolužáka. Je odhodlána objasnit tuto záhadu, pokud nějaká existuje, a nezastaví se před ničím, aby odhalila temná tajemství, která jsou s tímto květnovým dnem spojena.

Další záhadný případ bývalé jeptišky Christine Bennettové.Šestnáct let uplynulo od doby, co byla zavražděna Iris Grodniková. Její podivné zmizení během velikonoční večeře a následná vražda se staly rodinnou tragédií a zároveň neodbytnou noční můrou všech pozůstalých. Christine Bennettová se Irisině rodině zaváže, že najde vraha. Postupně zjišťuje, že někteří příbuzní neříkají pravdu. Po nálezu staré kožené kabelky se její nejčernější předtuchy o smrti Iris Grodnikové začínají naplňovat.

IT'S PARTY TIME FOR A KILLER Suburban sleuth Christine Bennett is moved and intrigued by two poignant mementos treasured by her late Aunt May. The first is a sad little note mourning the death of a young man lost in a Connecticut wood; the other, an obituary honoring a wealthy local manufacturer who committed suicide just after his splendid fiftieth birthday celebration. Why did her aunt never mention these virtually simultaneous tragedies? Chris's investigative instincts are irresistibly whetted--especially by the bizarre discovery that the victims, though strangers, were found wearing each other's sneakers. And as she slices through the layers of the past, she uncovers the horrible truth that murder was just the icing on the cake. . . .

THE BIG CHILL What really happened that tragic Valentine's night on Lake Erie' No one knows. Three old buddies--reckless Matty, successful Clark, clever Val--decided to cap Val's birthday celebration with a stroll across the frozen lake. They never returned. Matty's scarf was found snagged on broken ice. After the thaw, only the bodies of Clark and Matty are recovered--the latter with a bullet in it. Val remains missing, now a murder suspect. His desperate wife pleads with ex-nun investigator Christine Bennett to find him and prove his innocence. A tall order, especially when Chris starts hunting for clues in the lives of these respectable suburbanites and their wives. And when she closes in on a truth that chills her to the bone, she suddenly finds herself skating on very thin ice. From the Paperback edition

FINAL QUESTIONS.Until someone killed her, the only mystery about adorable Iris Grodnik was why she had never married. But for fifteen years, her strange disappearance and murder during a Passover seder has remained a troubling piece of family history.So when Iris's relatives ask ex-nun Chris Bennett--now the wife of a New York City cop--to make one last attempt to learn the truth, she reluctantly consents. Iris's old friends and suitors have scattered, and Chris soon suspects that some of the relatives are not telling her all they know about Iris's life and death.Then, in the dusty depths of a hall closet, she finds an old leather purse--and her worst forebodings about Iris Grodnik's haunting murder begin to be fulfilled. . . .From the Paperback edition.From the PublisherI always look forward to a new mystery by Lee Harris. Her novels about ex-nun Christine Bennett are in that central range between cozy and hardboiled -- the perfect balance. Ever since I encountered Christine Bennett in THE GOOD FRIDAY MURDER, which was nominated for an Edgar Award as best first novel, I've been fascinated by the author's depiction and development of her heroine -- Christine matures in surprising (but always believeable ways) as the series continues. It would be hard to pick my favorite Lee Harris mystery, but certainly among my favorites is THE CHRISTENING DAY MURDER, in which a thirty-year-old unsolved murder has impact on present-day menace. --Joe Blades, Associate Publisher From the Inside FlapFINAL QUESTIONS.Until someone killed her, the only mystery about adorable Iris Grodnik was why she had never married. But for fifteen years, her strange disappearance and murder during a Passover seder has remained a troubling piece of family history.So when Iris's relatives ask ex-nun Chris Bennett--now the wife of a New York City cop--to make one last attempt to learn the truth, she reluctantly consents. Iris's old friends and suitors have scattered, and Chris soon suspects that some of the relatives are not telling her all they know about Iris's life and death.Then, in the dusty depths of a hall closet, she finds an old leather purse--and her worst forebodings about Iris Grodnik's haunting murder begin to be fulfilled. . . .

THE BIG CHILL What really happened that tragic Valentine's night on Lake Erie' No one knows. Three old buddies--reckless Matty, successful Clark, clever Val--decided to cap Val's birthday celebration with a stroll across the frozen lake. They never returned. Matty's scarf was found snagged on broken ice. After the thaw, only the bodies of Clark and Matty are recovered--the latter with a bullet in it. Val remains missing, now a murder suspect. His desperate wife pleads with ex-nun investigator Christine Bennett to find him and prove his innocence. A tall order, especially when Chris starts hunting for clues in the lives of these respectable suburbanites and their wives. And when she closes in on a truth that chills her to the bone, she suddenly finds herself skating on very thin ice. From the Paperback edition

THE BIG CHILL What really happened that tragic Valentine's night on Lake Erie' No one knows. Three old buddies--reckless Matty, successful Clark, clever Val--decided to cap Val's birthday celebration with a stroll across the frozen lake. They never returned. Matty's scarf was found snagged on broken ice. After the thaw, only the bodies of Clark and Matty are recovered--the latter with a bullet in it. Val remains missing, now a murder suspect. His desperate wife pleads with ex-nun investigator Christine Bennett to find him and prove his innocence. A tall order, especially when Chris starts hunting for clues in the lives of these respectable suburbanites and their wives. And when she closes in on a truth that chills her to the bone, she suddenly finds herself skating on very thin ice. From the Paperback edition

THE BIG CHILL What really happened that tragic Valentine's night on Lake Erie' No one knows. Three old buddies--reckless Matty, successful Clark, clever Val--decided to cap Val's birthday celebration with a stroll across the frozen lake. They never returned. Matty's scarf was found snagged on broken ice. After the thaw, only the bodies of Clark and Matty are recovered--the latter with a bullet in it. Val remains missing, now a murder suspect. His desperate wife pleads with ex-nun investigator Christine Bennett to find him and prove his innocence. A tall order, especially when Chris starts hunting for clues in the lives of these respectable suburbanites and their wives. And when she closes in on a truth that chills her to the bone, she suddenly finds herself skating on very thin ice. From the Paperback edition

A Christine Bennett Mystery.<br> A cheerful Christmas party at St. Stephen's Convent is spoiled when the guest of honor, Father Hudson McCormick, fails to arrive. Worried Sister Joseph asks Christine Bennet, a former St. Stephen' s nun, to investigate. Now every signpost points Christine into the past -- to a troubled young woman who committed suicide and a once-prominent family that has vanished as mysteriously as Father McCormick himself . . . <p>Fifth in the series mystery fans are reading religiously--starring Christine Bennett, ex-nun and expert sleuth. Father Hudson McCormick, expected for a Christmas party after seven years away, never arrives. Has he gone underground because of an old scandal, or has someone taken a delayed revenge? Original. </p>

MURDER BURNS ON FIRE ISLAND<p>Island old-timers are stunned by the shooting death of Blue Harbor's popular fire chief, followed by the mysterious torching of his house. Rumors soon begin to flare up about the chief's rumored affairs with a vacationing lady lawyer and a girl half his age.</p><p>But when former nun (now sleuth) Christine Bennett and her police detective husband start asking questions, a thick fog of evasiveness closes in. For this is not the first fire to scorch Blue Harbor. Nor, Chris suspects, is it the first murder--as she soon discovers that the passions that turn good people bad run long and deep and deadly. . . .</p>

A practical approach to Corporations featuring carefully edited cases, intriguing notes and questions, and exercises drawn from actual cases to create a practical and skills-driven approach to the study of the legal principles of business. Featuring: Each chapter includes all the landmark cases that students should be introduced to in a Corporations or Business Entities course Strong skills-driven exercises and questions (both litigation-based and transaction-based) the practical exercises give students a chance to simulate what lawyers do the exercises are drawn from actual disputes, particularly from material in the case's procedural history, publicly-available information about the dispute, and other information provided from the actual lawyers on the case Brief notes and questions after cases, including some with practice-orientation Diagrams, or Roadmaps are included to give students an illustrative snapshot of some of the toughest cases. This text obviates the need for law professors interested in skills training to rely on supplemental texts or creating their own materials Companion website that includes supplemental introductory cases (with notes and questions) to enable use of the casebook by MBA and undergraduate students

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MURDER BURNS ON FIRE ISLANDIsland old-timers are stunned by the shooting death of Blue Harbor's popular fire chief, followed by the mysterious torching of his house. Rumors soon begin to flare up about the chief's rumored affairs with a vacationing lady lawyer and a girl half his age.But when former nun (now sleuth) Christine Bennett and her police detective husband start asking questions, a thick fog of evasiveness closes in. For this is not the first fire to scorch Blue Harbor. Nor, Chris suspects, is it the first murder--as she soon discovers that the passions that turn good people bad run long and deep and deadly. . . .words : 68902

FINAL QUESTIONS.<br> Until someone killed her, the only mystery about adorable Iris Grodnik was why she had never married. But for fifteen years, her strange disappearance and murder during a Passover seder has remained a troubling piece of family history.<br> So when Iris's relatives ask ex-nun Chris Bennett--now the wife of a New York City cop--to make one last attempt to learn the truth, she reluctantly consents. Iris's old friends and suitors have scattered, and Chris soon suspects that some of the relatives are not telling her all they know about Iris's life and death.<br> Then, in the dusty depths of a hall closet, she finds an old leather purse--and her worst forebodings about Iris Grodnik's haunting murder begin to be fulfilled. . . . <p>For 15 years, Iris Grodnik's strange disappearance and murder during a Passover seder has remained a troubling piece of family history. Iris's relatives ask ex-nun Christine Bennett--now the wife of a New York City cop--to make one last attempt to learn the truth. Original. </p>

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TODAY, I AM A DEAD MANFor suburban sleuth Christine Bennett, the chance to visit the Holy Land is a dream come true. Her best friend Melanie Gross will be in Jerusalem at the same time for the Bar Mitzvah of her very wealthy cousin. Although he’s long past the customary age of thirteen, Gabe is planning a lavish party and is flying family and friends over from the States to celebrate. Not accustomed to traveling, Christine is thrilled to have Melanie along to share the experience.The beauty and mystery of the golden city is overwhelming, and Christine is excited about exploring every part of it—until Gabe disappears without a trace, turning her vacation tour into a trail of clues that leads to a cold and cunning killer. . . .*From the Paperback edition.*words : 68918

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En «el pozo de las serpientes», un pasaje aterrador en los bosques de Georgia, una niña, miembro de una comunidad creyente, pierde su inocencia y su vida a manos de un loco escapado de un hospital psiquiátrico. Es un acto tan horroroso y delirante que incluso los pocos que conocen los detalles los ocultan como su propio secreto atormentador.Con la llegada, catorce años más tarde, de un joven huérfano, el mal despierta de nuevo en «el pozo de las serpientes», y la peor pesadilla del pueblo reaparece en las tranquilas calles nocturnas.Y ahora, desde las profundidades del bosque, una voz convoca a quienes habrán de salvar al confiado pueblo de su horrible destino.Líbranos del mal es una terrorífica novela cuyo autor toma como base las intenciones del Maligno que nos describe la Biblia y las inculca en sus personajes para que estos las imiten y las pongan en práctica.

MAYDAY! When Christine Bennett is invited on a sightseeing trip to Arizona, she jumps at the chance for a little adventure. But the excursion reminds her of a former high school classmate, Heinz Gruner, who died twenty years earlier on Cinco de Mayo while hiking Picacho Peak near Tucson. Chris decides to contact Heinz's mother, who has been wondering all these years how her beloved son, an experienced hiker, plunged to his death. Her one wish is to find out the truth—whether it was an accident, as the police report claimed, or murder. So Chris begins sleuthing—tracking down anyone and everyone connected to her old classmate. Determined to unravel a mystery, if there is indeed one to unravel, Chris will stop at nothing to uncover the dire secrets that exist about that fateful day in May.

TRUE CONFESSION--OR FALSE? Investigator (and former nun) Christine Bennett is appalled when a young woman claims to be the natural daughter of Sister Joseph, beloved Superior at St. Stephen's and Chris's dearest friend. But after the girl is murdered, all the evidence leads the police to believe she was telling the truth--and that Sister Joseph is the prime suspect. Can evidence ever lie? Chris prays that it can. But as she frantically searches for the link between the anonymous woman who gave away her newborn two decades ago and a brutal murder this Mother's Day, it seems only a miracle can save Sister Joseph from a life behind bars. From the Paperback edition.

En «el pozo de las serpientes», un pasaje aterrador en los bosques de Georgia, una niña, miembro de una comunidad creyente, pierde su inocencia y su vida a manos de un loco escapado de un hospital psiquiátrico. Es un acto tan horroroso y delirante que incluso los pocos que conocen los detalles los ocultan como su propio secreto atormentador.Con la llegada, catorce años más tarde, de un joven huérfano, el mal despierta de nuevo en «el pozo de las serpientes», y la peor pesadilla del pueblo reaparece en las tranquilas calles nocturnas.Y ahora, desde las profundidades del bosque, una voz convoca a quienes habrán de salvar al confiado pueblo de su horrible destino.Líbranos del mal es una terrorífica novela cuyo autor toma como base las intenciones del Maligno que nos describe la Biblia y las inculca en sus personajes para que estos las imiten y las pongan en práctica.

When ex-nun Christine Bennett can't get into her friend Mr. Herskovitz's apartment to accompany him to Yom Kippur services, she discovers that he's been murdered. The police arrest someone almost immediately, but Chris isn't ready to end her own investigation . . . From the Paperback edition.

.Deep in the steamy backwoods of Georgia, in a place called 'the snake well' by the locals, a twelve year old girl is bound and ritually tortured. The details of the crime are bizarre, and the few citizens of Lucerne who know the shocking truth of the crime keep it secret...NOW...A young orphan boy arrives in the sleepy town...and in the dark woods something inhuman stirs in the 'snake well.' An ancient hunger has awakened. Soft voices call out from the dark forest, drifting over the bayou, echoing in the crawlspaces. The townsfolk's darkest nightmares stalk the moonlit streets. And two young boys must face an evil that has been waiting for millennia to bring humanity an everlasting night.DELIVER US FROM EVIL