The Eye of the Virgin: An Ike Schwartz Mystery: 6 (Ike Schwartz Series, 6) - Softcover
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Praise for The Eye of the Virgin... "...Ramsay's trademark folksy touch, a well-rounded cast of characters, and brisk and believable dialogue, this time with an international scope." -Booklist First, a body is left in Picketsville's urgent care clinic. Then an odd break-in occurs at the home of a Callend University professor. Sheriff Ike Schwartz thinks both events might be connected to The Virgin of Tenderness, an icon in the faculty member's possession. Then a microdot is found on the icon. The presence of this bit of CIA nostalgia brings in Ike's friend Charlie Garland and the forces from Langley.Ike has no wish to engage with them. He has killers to apprehend. But a dead CIA agent and a rogue handler could trigger an international incident.... Author Frederick Ramsay is also an iconographer whose works are displayed around the world. He lives in Surprise, Arizona, with his wife and partner, Susan. www.frederickramsay.com
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Frederick Ramsay was raised on the east coast and attended graduate school in Chicago. He was a writer of mysteries set in Virginia, (the Ike Schwartz Mysteries) Botswana Mystery series, Jerusalem Mystery series and stand-alones (Impulse, Judas: The Gospel of Betrayal). He was a retired Episcopal Priest, Academic, and author.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On the same evening that a body is found in Picketsvilles urgent care clinic, a mysterious break-in occurs at the house of one of Callend Universitys faculty. Sheriff Ike Schwartz thinks both events might be connected to an icon, The Virgin of Tenderness, in the faculty members possession. Is the victim somehow connected to the university? And why did he enter the country under an assumed name?Then, what appears to be outdated spycrafta microdotis found on the icon. In an era of sophisticated cyber-encrypted information trans-fer, the presence of this bit of CIA nostalgia brings in Charlie Garland and the forces from Langley.Ike has no wish to engage with them or their problems. He has killers to apprehend and sets out to do his job-in spite of the meddling by government agencies. But there is more to this spycraft than meets the eye. A dead CIA agent and a rogue handler all result in a potential international incident. On the same evening that a body is found in Picketsville's urgent care clinic, a mysterious break-in occurs at the house of one of Callend University's faculty. Both seem to be connected to an icon, "The Virgin of Tenderness, " in the faculty member's possession. The fact that the body is that of the faculty member's ex-wife's lover who, more interestingly seems to have entered the country under an assumed name only complicates things for Sherriff Ike Schwartz. In the search for killers and thieves, what appears to be outdated spycraft, a microdot, is found on the icon. In an era of sophisticated cyber-encrypted information transfer, the presence of this bit of CIA nostalgia brings in Charlie Garland and the forces from Langley. Ike has no wish to engage with them or their problems. He has killers to apprehend and sets out to do his job in spite of the meddling by government agencies. That the bit of spycraft is something more than old time microphotography and it carried information that implicates the involvement of Israel's super secret Mossad only complicates an already messy set of problems. A dead CIA agent, a rogue handler, and a potential international incident are avoided outside the faculty member's house as the good, the bad, and the ugly are neatly sorted and carted away. During the course of all this, Ruth's mother arrives for an extended visit, Ike and Ruth are officially engaged, and the Sutherlins, Billy, Frank, and Essie, like Dilsey Gibson, endure. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781590587614