The small Caravaggio which hangs in the chapel of Doon Abbey in Kildare
attracts visitors to the abbey from far and wide. One night, however,
the painting disappears. The Sister Superior is unwilling to cooperate
with the police, as this would compromise the abbey's silent-order
ethos. Alice Dunwoody, a novitiate at the abbey who heard strange sounds
on the night of the theft, persuades Sister Mercy Superior to allow her
to investigate, with the help of the abbey's computer-savvy librarian,
Sister Mary Magdalene. As the nuns try to track down the painting, the
list of possible suspects - and the body count - multiplies.