Lentorama 2024: Clerical Crime Solvers

Day 10: Mother Lavinia Grey

Either the abbess or vicar (or both?) of St. Bede's, an Episcopal church in New Jersey, Lavinia (or Mother Vinnie, as I've seen her called at least once) was the prime suspect in the murder of a bishop who was critical of her attempts to save her parish. But when she helped solve that case, she found herself using her newly-discovered detecting skills in other cases. Along the way she also enters into an on and off relationship with one of the local police.

There are, at least superficially, some similarities between Mother Vinnie and Callie Anson, the curate covered in a previous post. Both are Anglicans who don't always mesh well with the higher ups, and both have complicated romantic relationships with cops. Maybe the authors can work out a crossover novel?