Great fun! I loved, loved the main characters - a handicapped Catholic bishop and his watson of a Jewish former cop turned his secretary of a kind - to investigate a murder of a young socialite. Mostly when a wayward young priest might be incriminated in this!
This mystery novel has all the Perry Mason feels, enough old school charm to bring the nostalgic images from the cinematic golden era and the bishop is an absolutely commanding character with his supreme intellect and his fiery temper! Sidekick David is muscles and more here, because he has a great sense of humour and head as hot as the bishop has :) I immediately went for seeking their other adventures (there are 4 in total in this series). I enjoyed every page.

It took him a few pages, but Dave Goldman finally got me stuck to this plot and made me almost eat the book.

I confess that in the beginning I could also not stand to Bishop Regan’s sense of humor, but it turns out that in the end he has been my favorite character! 😀The Chartreuse Clue.jpg

As per the plot, it is good: Barbara’s body is discovered with a knife into her back by her “boyfriend” Charles (or would it be William?), who happens to be also a priest. He then reaches to the Bishop for help, and it happens that the Bishop has a private detective as his personal assistant – lucky guy this Charles, I’d say.

The Bishop agrees to help Charles upon his promise that he hasn’t really had anything to do with the murder – and then the investigation begins.

The story was different from everything I have ever read, and the fact that Bishop Regan also helps investigating was one of the most interesting parts to me. I confess that the beginning was a bit tough for me, but after a few pages I was totally convinced by the story. Sometimes even I got irritated by Dave and his sense of humor, let’s say, peculiar.

So I recommend this book and I will also want to read the next mysteries that Bishop Regan and Dave will solve.

Happy reading everyone!

Denise

When a priest wakes up in his girlfriends' apartment and finds her murdered, Bishop Regan and his assistant David Goldman, ex-cop, investigate.
Didn't actually find the characters that interesting or the mystery compelling, an okay read but didn't really like the writing style that much.