Mary F. Ingoldsby

Advantages: Well written and researched. A compelling read.
Disadvantages: May not interest non-religoius readers.

...~ ~ “Padre Pio – His Life And Mission” is a biography of one of the most revered modern day Saints of the Roman Catholic Church, the Italian monk Padre Pio, by Irish author Mary F. Ingoldsby. Published in 1978, it was written some 10 years after the death of the remarkable Franciscan friar, but 24 years before he was elevated to Sainthood by Pope John Paul the Second, in September 2002. ~ ~ The author, Mary F. Ingoldsby, was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1914, and was a civil servant for six years before she decided to devote her life to religious studies, and moved to the Vatican in Rome, the home city of the Roman Catholic faith. From 1946 on, she travelled extensively throughout the world as a delegate of a worldwide Catholic organisation. She met Padre Pio personally in 1956, and was later to spend over two years... Read review

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Advantages: a gripping page turner
Disadvantages: nothing

...This is the 11th book in the alex cross series by James Patterson and its absoloutely fantastic. Alex Cross is a psychiatrist doctor who works for the FBI and has previously caught many serial killers in previous novels which include killers like gary soneji and kyle craig. Mary Mary is all about a person calling themselves mary smith who is killing celebrity mothers in los angeles and then sending chilling emails to the LA Times recording the moments before they were killed. It is not long before cross is on the case searching for links between the mary smith killings and any other previous killings. Not long later LAPD have a woman suspect in custody but cross is not convinced the killer is a woman! what will he find...... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Page Turner, Strong Characters, Good Plotline.
Disadvantages: None.

...Mary Mary is outstanding... The first James Patterson book I ever read and Im addicted... Written spanning several different aspects, the book moves back and forth with relative ease and its easy to follow. Its full of suspense, drama and graphics to make you want to keep reading. Someone in hollywood is killing stars and emailing letters to an editor at the local newspaper to let them know theyre there... and their name is Mary Smith. FBI agent Alex Cross is drafting in on the case... Unfortunate since he is on holiday with his 3 children and his Nana and he promised them no work. At first, he goes to help them on an outsider basis but as the case becomes more complicated with Mary emailing the editor with mor details BEFORE the murder happens, Alex has to put his holiday on hold to catch Mary before too many more people die... Read review

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