Devious by Lisa Jackson 439 pages

Devious by Lisa Jackson begins in St Marguerite’s Convent in New Orleans. Sister Camille is dressing in a bridal gown and dream walks to the chapel where she is strangled to death. Detective Rueben Montoya and his partner Rick Bentz are called to the scene where Montoya recognizes Sister Camille as his high school sweetheart and her best friend, also a novitiate, was the girlfriend of his brother in high school. Another novitiate is murdered. Camille’s sister was a former police detective in Texas and she starts investigating Camille’s murder. Valerie, the sister, is estranged from her husband who shows up to try to reconcile and becomes involved in the search for the murder and some truths that are just beginning to surface. The police are frustrated THEN a prostitute is murdered following the same MO used by a serial killer impersonating a priest several years ago. The cases become confused, the nuns and priests try stonewalling the police while Valerie and her husband run a parallel investigation. In typical Jackson style, the pieces of the puzzle twist until they start fitting together. A great read for mystery fans.