David Thurlo

Investigating a dangerous case surrounding a priceless Navajo necklace, Charlie Henry is violently threatened by a young man claiming to be its rightful owner.

An extern nun at the cloistered order of The Sisters of the Blessed Adoration in the New Mexico desert, Sister Agatha's job is to handle most of the order's contact with the outside world, but when Father Anselm, the monastery's chaplain, dies mysteriously while consecrating the host, Agatha is stunned to discover that she has become the prime suspect in the crime.