The Eye of the Virgin, Frederick Ramsay
The Eye of the Virgin, Frederick Ramsay
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The Eye of the Virgin

Author: Frederick Ramsay

Narrator: Lloyd James

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/15/2010

Categories: Fiction, Legal


Synopsis

Ike Schwartz is the sheriff of Picketsville, a small town not far from Washington, D.C. A former CIA agent, Ike remains connected to the Agency through a friend who sometimes still involves him in cases on the side. Ike is also courting Ruth, the fiercely independent president of the towns new university. All this is usually enough to bring some interesting conflicts Ikes way.A new one arises when a body is found in Picketsvilles urgentcare clinic, a body sitting in a chair but dead for hours. Perhaps not coincidentally, there is also a breakin at the house of a new university faculty member whose expertise lies in icons. Can a specific icon called the Virgin of Tenderness be the spark to these crimes? Ike figures that any spycraft contained in the picture would be decades old. Or would it?

About Frederick Ramsay

Frederick Ramsay was born in Baltimore and received a doctorate from the University of Illinois. After a stint in the army, he joined the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is also an ordained Episcopal priest and an accomplished public speaker. In addition to the Ike Schwartz mysteries, the Botswana mysteries, and the Jerusalem mysteries, Ramsay is the author of scientific and general articles, tracts, and theses and coauthor of the Baltimore Declaration. He lives in Surprise, Arizona, with his wife and partner, Susan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on March 20, 2019

Another Ike Schwartz mystery leavened with humor and information about icons, what they are, and how one in particular was used to bring close to current political problems this addition to the series. Specifically, a break-in on the campus of the Callend University forces Ike to look into what's goi......more

Goodreads review by Vicki on April 02, 2018

This series has been really good. This book is a tad different from the others. More bickering. A mother-in-law to be who is too stupid to be believed, And a huge party of who'who at the end, which actually I kind of liked. A lot in fact though confusing. The book itself is interesting kind of cloak......more

Goodreads review by Susan on August 01, 2010

The little town of Picketsville is experiencing a real crime wave: on the same day, there's a seemingly meaningless break-in at the house of an iconographer at the college, and an unexpected death. When the corpse is identified as someone of interest to Homeland Security, sheriff Ike Schwartz starts......more

Goodreads review by Grey853 on June 06, 2014

What does a dead man in an urgent care center have to do with a home break in where nothing is taken? That's the question Sheriff Ike Schwartz has to ask himself. He's very surprised by the answer. He soon discovers the connection might be related to international spying and a terrorist plot. I have t......more

Goodreads review by Mary on June 27, 2017

CIA and small town sheriff are anxious to get rid of the information on a microdot on an Icon brought in from Egypt. Sheriff Ike and the president of the university are a couple. Ending was a little convuluted. Humorous story in parts......more