![]() ![]() Too often, the book rotates between Sister Holiday’s (very fulfilling) theological musings, her (sometimes interesting, other times distracting) past, and then, the cycle turns to mystery. Douiahy’s Sister Holiday takes to it because, in her own words, she read a lot of mystery writers growing up and thinks it would be fun to amateur sleuth around. ![]() However, if that is not your thing, you gotta give this book a hard pass. But most of the time, we sit around asking questions like: Man, I wish someone would write a book in the hardboiled vein of a badass Catholic nun trying to solve a mystery in sun soaked New Orleans. Or words to that effect.Īnyway, yes, Margot Douiahy wrote a book that was basically fine tuned to someone who likes the hardboiled tradition, would like to see it mixed more with progressively religious characters who explore their spirituality in the midst of figuring out a series of crimes that may or may not involve nefarious dealings with the New Orleans Diocese. Certainly, we sometimes like to be challenged and pulled out of our comfort zone. As readers, we all dream of books that are specifically written for us. ![]()
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