Pious Deception - (Kiernan O'Shaughnessy Mysteries) by Susan Dunlap (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Former medical examiner Kiernan O'Shaughnessy investigates a scandalous suicide in a Catholic church <BR>Quick-witted, precise, and comfortable with corpses, Kiernan O'Shaughnessy was perfectly suited to life as a medical examiner. In her four years with the coroner's office, she never had one unhappy shift until the day they let her go. Enraged and adrift, she made her way to La Jolla, California, to set up a high-class private investigation service for medically suspicious deaths. She works only the cases she wants, and charges a steep enough fee that she can afford a cherry red Triumph and a former NFL player as a houseman. Her latest client is one of the biggest moneymakers on the planet: the Roman Catholic Church. <BR>A troubled young priest is found hanged in Mission San Leo in Phoenix, Arizona. Hoping to avoid scandal, the bishop bypasses the police, and hires Kiernan to determine whether the death was an accident or a suicide. They ask her to be quiet, but the secrets she uncovers will make her want to sing louder than any church choir.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Former medical examiner Kiernan O'Shaughnessy investigates a scandalous suicide in a Catholic church</b> Quick-witted, precise, and comfortable with corpses, Kiernan O'Shaughnessy was perfectly suited to life as a medical examiner. In her four years with the coroner's office, she never had one unhappy shift until the day they let her go. Enraged and adrift, she made her way to La Jolla, California, to set up a high-class private investigation service for medically suspicious deaths. She works only the cases she wants, and charges a steep enough fee that she can afford a cherry red Triumph and a former NFL player as a houseman. Her latest client is one of the biggest moneymakers on the planet: the Roman Catholic Church. A troubled young priest is found hanged in Mission San Leo in Phoenix, Arizona. Hoping to avoid scandal, the bishop bypasses the police, and hires Kiernan to determine whether the death was an accident or a suicide. They ask her to be quiet, but the secrets she uncovers will make her want to sing louder than any church choir. <br><b><i>Pious Deception</i> is the 1st book in the Kiernan O'Shaughnessy Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"[A] promising start to a new detective series. . . . Feisty Kiernan has appeal." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> "Kiernan O'Shaughnessy is no fluff." --<i>The New York Times</i> "As long as writers like Dunlap continue to play with the form, genre fans need not lament the mystery's demise." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Susan Dunlap is a prolific author of mystery novels. Born in New York City, Dunlap majored in English at Bucknell University and earned a masters degree in education from the University of North Carolina. She was a social worker before an Agatha Christie novel inspired her to try her hand at writing mysteries. Six attempts and six years later, she published <i>Karma</i> (1981), which began a ten-book series about brash Berkeley cop Jill Smith. Since then, Dunlap has published more than twenty novels and numerous short stories. Her other ongoing characters include the meter-reading detective Vejay Haskell, former forensic pathologist Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, and Zen student/stunt double Darcy Lott. In addition to writing, Dunlap has taught yoga, worked as a paralegal, and helped found Sisters in Crime, an organization created to support women in the field of mystery writing. She lives near San Francisco. <br>
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