Cecilian Vespers

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Lawyer and bluesman Monty Collins is used to defending murderers and occasionally investigating murders himself. But he can't round up the usual suspects this time. The blood-drenched body of Reinhold Schellenberg, a world-renowned German theologian, has been found on the altar of an old church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, during Vespers on Saint Cecilia's day. Monty's investigation takes him on a road trip to Italy - to the corridors of power and the glittering museums of the Vatican, the elegant apartment of an operatic diva and the cloistered grounds of medieval monasteries.

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"One of the most intriguing character pairings in contemporary Canadian crime fiction, [Cecilian Vespers] is a rewarding sojourn." -- Scene Magazine

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Anne Emery is a graduate of Dalhousie Law School who has worked as a lawyer, a legal affairs reporter, and a researcher. She is the author of "Barrington Street Blues," "Children in the Morning," ""Obit"," and "Sign of the Cross," winner of the 2006 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.