O'Marie, Carol Anne

The missing Madonna by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
9 editions published between 1988 and 2005 in English and held by 1,349 libraries worldwide
Sister Mary Helen is puzzled when her friend Erma fails to call. After checking Erma's empty apartment, she begins investigating.

Requiem at the refuge by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
14 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and held by 1,180 libraries worldwide
Sister Mary Helen investigates the murder of a homeless woman behind the nun's shelter.

Death of an angel by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
12 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in English and held by 1,145 libraries worldwide
The San Francisco sleuthing nun, Sister Mary Helen of Mount St. Francis College, takes it as a personal affront when a rapist-murderer kills a wealthy woman benefactor of her college. Over the objections of police she sets out to bring the killer to justice. By the author of Death Goes on Retreat.

Death goes on retreat by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
22 editions published between 1986 and 2006 in English and held by 1,131 libraries worldwide
In the grounds of a house where priests are holding a retreat, Sister Mary Helen, the 70-something PI, stumbles on the body of the assistant cook's boyfriend, a former seminarian who was a bit of a radical. Was he a victim of love or religion? By the author of A Novena for Murder.

Murder at the Monks' Table by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
10 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 1,042 libraries worldwide
Sister Mary Helen and Sister Eileen travel to the village of Ballyclarin in Ireland to attend the local Oyster Festival.

Murder in ordinary time by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
13 editions published between 1991 and 2005 in English and held by 1,034 libraries worldwide
Sister Mary Helen, nun and amateur sleuth, investigates the mysterious death of investigative reporter Christina Kelly, who died after eating a cyanide-laced cookie moments before she was to interview Sister Mary Helen for the noon news.

Advent of dying by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
5 editions published between 1986 and 2001 in English and held by 1,026 libraries worldwide
Readers have come to delight in the murder-solving exploits of septuagenarian Sister Mary Helen and her cohort Sister Eileen, two nuns with a nose for nabbing killers. Publishers Weekly calls the Sister Mary Helen Mysteries "refreshingly different" and a "heady mix of humor and suspense." Once you meet this spry, clever sleuth, you'll want to make a habit of reading her adventures again and again.A CHURCH SECRETARY RECEIVES THE WAGES OF SIN...Timid little Suzanne Barnes was the perfect ecclesiastical secretary: efficient, discreet, self-effacing. So it came as a shock when Suzanne invited Sisters Mary Helen, Eileen and Anne to Ghiradelli Square's Sea Wench Bar to hear her belt out the blues. Sister Mary Helen wondered what secrets lay behind those watery blue eyes. The Sea Wench Suzanne was a revelation: sassy, sexy, dressed to kill. It was her first-and last-performance, punctuated by a silver letter opener in the heart. Who killed the canary? Sister Mary Helen and her faithful band must unearth Suzanne's secrets to solve the murder before all hell breaks loose-again...AUTHORBIO: SISTER CAROL ANNE O'MARIE has been a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet for the past forty-five years.She ministers to homeless women at a daytime drop-in center in downtown Oakland, California, which she cofounded in 1990.ADVENT OF DYING is her ninth novel featuring Sister Mary Helen.

A novena for murder by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
16 editions published between 1984 and 2007 in English and held by 1,022 libraries worldwide
When an unpopular professor is murdered during an earthquake, Sister Mary Helen believes the police have the wrong man and begins her own pursuit of the killer.

The corporal works of murder by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
8 editions published between 2002 and 2008 in English and held by 1,002 libraries worldwide
Feeling concerned about newcomer Sarah at the women's shelter, Sister Mary Helen is alarmed when the woman is shot shortly after she leaves and begins a search for answers about Sarah's identity and who killed her.

Death takes up a collection by Carol Anne O'Marie( Book )
12 editions published between 1998 and 2001 in English and held by 1,000 libraries worldwide
Spunky Bay Area nun Sister Mary Helen and her sidekick, Sister Eileen, return for an eighth outing, this time investigating the poisoning death of a monsignor.