Pious Deception - Hardcover

Dunlap, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394571681 ISBN 13: 9780394571683

Publisher: Villard Books, 1989

Synopsis

Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, a female medical examiner, applies her forensic talents to an investigation into the bizarre death of a beloved parish priest, who had been found hanged from the altar of his church, a case that embroils Kiernan in scandal, religious politics, and murder

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Review

“[A] promising start to a new detective series. . . . Feisty Kiernan has appeal.” —Publishers Weekly “Kiernan O’Shaughnessy is no fluff.” —The New York Times “As long as writers like Dunlap continue to play with the form, genre fans need not lament the mystery’s demise.” —San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

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 Karma (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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Villard Books
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394571681
• ISBN 13: 9780394571683
• Binding: Hardcover