Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog: A Novel

When he hears that one of his aunt's rare white bulldogs has been poisoned, Monsignore Mitrofanij, the orthodox bishop of a remote Russian province on the Volga, enlists the assistance of the resourceful Sister Pelagia to take on a complex morass of spurned lovers, canine conspiracy, political intrigue, greed, and knitting to uncover the culprit. Original. 40,000 first printing.