The Disciple: A Gripping Psychological Mystery

Sarah Sheridan

Apr 2021 · The Sister Veronica Mysteries Book 2 · Open Road Media

About this eBook

Sister Veronica returns in the sequel to The Convent. “Such a good read . . . a cosy mystery but has, like Christie’s Miss Marple books, a very dark side.” —Love Books, Read Books

Would you follow him into darkness?

Sister Veronica is back at the Convent; a changed woman as a result of her experiences with the corrupt clergy and the murder she lived through.

Now—more than ever—she has a thirst for righting wrongs, even if it means getting herself into danger.

So, when a two-month-old baby girl is left on the Convent doorstep one night, wrapped up in dirty blankets and placed in an open cardboard box, Sister Veronica steps in to help solve the mystery.

And when she discovers a tarot card left with the baby, she is drawn deeper into the search for the mother.

Sister Veronica sets out on a mission to discover the truth, and in doing so begins to peel back the layers of secrecy and lies. But is she really prepared for what she’ll discover?

Praise for the Sister Veronica Mysteries

“A fast-moving psychological thriller about murder and corruption within the Roman Catholic Church.” —Crime Fiction Lover

“I love Sister Veronica! This book was not what I was expecting, but I really enjoyed it. The mystery is compelling and keeps becoming more so as Sister Veronica and her friends discover the depth of the corruption and willingness to kill to cover it up.” —Avonna Loves Genres

“These are most definitely books with their own, unique stories and characters. They are well worth reading, well written and very engaging.” —Love Books, Read Books

About the author

Sarah was born in London and now lives in a village in South Northamptonshire. She gained a Masters degree in Eighteenth-Century French and English art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, before teaching art in secondary schools for thirteen years. After working with human rights organisations that protect minority groups from institutional abuse, Sarah worked towards a PhD at The Open University, researching the effect of secrecy on marginalised people, specifically the biological children of Roman Catholic priests. She has spoken about her research on various news programmes for the BBC and other media outlets around the world. It was this sense of secrecy and silencing that became the inspiration for her first crime novel, The Convent. Sarah is hugely obsessed with reading and is amassing such an unrealistically large book collection that some of it is now in storage. She is also addicted to writing, and after inventing stories (mostly in secret) from a young age and having various articles and short stories published, she wrote a children's book, The Top Secret Diary of Davina Dupree - inspired by her daughter - in 2013. Overjoyed to hear that young readers were enjoying the story, she went on to write a series about Davina Dupree. When she is not looking after her three children and menagerie of pets, or going for long walks with her wonderful partner Rich, Sarah can be found writing, while consuming large amounts of chocolate.