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Title: The only mystery is how this won a contest
Review: There's no mystery in this book: all the criminals are identified as their crimes are revealed.There's hardly any sleuthing, and most of it is done by the bad guys, not by Sister Cecile or her lawyer friend.There's very little even in the way of suspense.How did this win the Best First Private Eye Novel Contest?The characterizations and settings are excellent, and one hopes that the author can somehow contrive to use them in a mystery one day.
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