This cozy was not a mystery of great importance. There was no blood, guts or gore. The writing was not great but the plot was sufficiently interesting. What it did have is a lot of Catholic rhetoric being presented by a very likable character who rides around on a motorcycle with her well trained and lovable German Shepherd named Pax in the sidecar. When she does not scoot about town on the motorcycle, she drives a battered station wagon called the Antichrysler (ok, THAT made me laugh out loud). Sister Agatha investigates stuff and solves old crimes. She is sunshine and daisies and I kept picturing Sally Fields as the Flying Nun revving up the Hog and wearing goggles.

Someone who wants a mystery without all the carnage that usually accompanies this genre, someone who wants a cozy liberally sprinkled with religion. That is who will love this book. The reason I continued reading has nothing to do with any of the above. What captured me is that the setting is the town in New Mexico where my father grew up, where his parents moved the family after my grandmother developed a lung disorder and was ordered to move to drier climates. I doubt many people have ever heard of Bernalillo but that alone was enough for me to keep reading. I don't know that I will go looking for any more of the Sister Agatha mysteries but if another found its way to me, I am sure I would take a look at it. Bernalillo is a neat place. (there's a great café there that serves awesome Huevos Rancheros) ( )

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