Lee Harris

It's a snowy Christmas at St. Stephen's Convent, where a cheerful party awaits an old friend and former confessor, Father Hudson McCormick. But he never reaches his destination....

Christine Bennett has left the cloistered world of nuns for the profane world of New York State, where murder and madness are often linked....

More than a year ago, Natalie Gordon went to buy a balloon at the Thanksgiving Day parade and dissolved into thin air....

On December 30, Susan Stark was dropped off in front of her parents' house. She hasn't been heard from since....

For his favorite charity, the high school drama club, Willard Platt fakes his own murder as an April Fool stunt. But the repeat performance later that day is the real thing....

Former nun Christine Bennett is looking forward to the christening of her friend Maddie's baby....

Investigator (and former nun) Christine Bennett is appalled when a young woman claims to be the natural daughter of Sister Joseph, beloved Superior at St. Stephen's and Chris's dearest friend....

When Christine Bennett is invited on a sightseeing trip to Arizona, she jumps at the chance for a little adventure....

When ex-nun Christine Bennett can't get into her friend Mr. Herskovitz's apartment to accompany him to Yom Kippur services, she discovers that he's been murdered....

Every year, the Morris Avenue Boys - chums since childhood - gather for a Father's Day reunion dinner. Now late in middle age, these men can bask in the rewards of honest success....

An off-duty police officer is shot and ex-nun Chris Bennett and her police-detective boyfriend find this motiveless murder puzzling....

Island old-timers are stunned by the shooting death of Blue Harbor's popular fire chief, followed by the mysterious torching of his house....

What really happened that tragic Valentine's night on Lake Erie? No one knows....

Until someone killed her, the only mystery about adorable Iris Grodnik was why she had never married....

A phone call warning Christine Bennett that a body will be found is traced to the apartment of an attractive couple about to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary....

For suburban sleuth Christine Bennett, the chance to visit the Holy Land is a dream come true....

Suburban sleuth Christine Bennett is moved and intrigued by two poignant mementos treasured by her late Aunt May....

When NYPD detective Jane Bauer and her team check in for their new assignment, they reopen a cold case that’s a real killer....

Newly promoted to detective first-grade with the NYPD, Jane Bauer, is back to work after a nearly fatal run-in with a killer....

After 20 years of loyal service, Detective Jane Bauer is just two months and one case away from leaving the NYPD for a cushy desk job....