Murder at the Monks' Table (Sister Mary Helen Series #11) Book

I am coming late to this series since this is the eleventh in the series, This is a delightful book with two elderly nuns as the protagonists. Sister Mary Helen and Sister Eileen are on vacation in the quaint village of Ballyclarin, Ireland where the oysters are claimed to be the best in the world. The two try to take in all the events in the yearly celebration. The sample all the delicious food, attend an artist exhibition, watch a game of whist, and a game similar to football. They have been assigned a driver who shows them all the local sights, But, Mary Helen can't help being in the wrong place at the wrong time and stumbles on a body in the Women's restroom. She first smells a perfume odor before she sees a man slumped over with a small knife protruding from his back. The local police recognize the Nuns from investigations they have been involved in previously and resent their interference. As Sister Eilleen notes, "They had discovered a dead body before they had more than one piece of Rhubarb pie. Sister Mary Helen had overheard a lady saying that the dead man should have been murdered a log time earlier. A witness claimed that she had seen the killer wearing a white sheet over their head. The sisters can't help being curious and try to solve the crime even though they have been warned to stay away. When Mary
Helen overhears a woman confessing to her husband that she had killed the man to save their marriage, she is put in a horrible situation because she is not supposed to be involved. When the lady who admitted the murder is hospitalized, flowers arrive by the dozens and the Nuns recognize the smell from one containing yellow flowers with the same smell noticed with the dead man. Now, they really do have to get involved. This is a clever mystery with delightful sleuths who over eat and can't help getting involved in local crimes. I look forward to reading more about their crime solving and sampling the local cuisine.