Lentorama 2024: Clerical Crime Solvers

Day 18: Felicity Howard

Felicity Howard is an American studying for the Anglican priesthood at the College of the Transfiguration in Yorkshire. She is stunned when she finds one of her teachers, Father Domenic, bludgeoned to death, and another teacher, Father Antony, covered in his blood. While the police want Antony for the killing, Felicity follows the clues left for ber by Father Domenic in a cryptic poen and leaves the college with Father Antony so she can solve the killing.

While Felicity continues to solve crimes, her vocation becomes less certain. Will she continue onto the priesthood, opt to become a nun, or remain part of the laity so she can pursue other professional (and romantic) opportunities? 

This is one of several series written by Donna Fletcher Crow, whose other series are set in England and Scotland in various historical eras. Which is probably more fertile ground for period drama and mystery than her native Idaho.