"On the steps of St. Joseph's altar lay the corpulent body of the Baroness Sliema - still, so it seemed to the horrified nuns, heaving under the blow which had struck her down ... Chief Inspector Pearson of Scotland Yard is called in to solve the crime - but the old wealthy Baroness had quarrelled with most everyone in Harrington Convent, and there is no shortage of suspects. What's more, he must deal with a particularly shrewd Reverend Mother, and nuns and students who lead him on a merry chase ..."--Page [4] of cover.