Now in Print & eBook: "The Immaculate" by Massachusetts Author Marian McMahon Stanley

Vancouver, WA, May 05, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Barking Rain Press, a non-profit fiction publisher, announced the paperback and eBook release of the riveting thriller "The Immaculate" by Massachusetts author Marian McMahon Stanley. "The Immaculate" is Stanley's first published novel.

When Sister Mary Aurelius is murdered in front of the shuttered Immaculate Conception school outside of Boston, former student Rosaria O’Reilly is determined to find justice for her mentor. The Malford Police have identified a mentally unstable homeless man as the killer, but Rosaria wasn’t trained to settle for the easy answer. With help from a close childhood friend, Nuncie DiStephano, now losing the struggle with an aggressive cancer, her investigations unravel a much larger, more sinister story.

Working sometimes as an adversary, sometimes as a partner with Malford Police Detective Leo Gelenian, she pieces together the motive, method, and identity of the murderer through confrontations with a powerful real-estate developer, a vicious Boston crime boss, and an autocratic monsignor with passionate ambitions for his prestigious Catholic high school. The Immaculate is a complex murder mystery with a deep sense of place, a compelling storyline, richly developed characters, and a satisfying surprise ending.

Ask for "The Immaculate" at your favorite bookstore, or buy it online at the Barking Rain Press website, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Powells, Waterstones, and many other Internet bookstores. It is also available as an eBook through Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, iTunes iBooks, Kobo, InkBok, Content Reserve/Overdrive, the Barking Rain Press website and many other outlets worldwide.

Interested readers can read the first four chapters for free by visiting the Barking Rain Press website at BarkingRainPress.org.

"The Immaculate"

BISAC Genre Codes:
FIC031010 — Fiction / Thrillers / Crime
FIC022100 — Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth
FIC022040 — Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths

BIC Genre Codes:
FH — Thriller/Suspense
FF — Crime & Mystery

LCCN: 2015952743

Trade Paperback (214 pp)
ISBN-13: 978-1-941295-47-2
ISBN-10: 1-941295-47-9
Retail Price: $13.95 USD
Distributors: Ingram, Bertram Books, Gardners Books

eBook (ePub, Kindle, PDF)
ISBN-13: 978-1-941295-48-9
ISBN-10: 1-941295-48-7
Retail Price: $5.95 USD
Distributors: Content Reserve/Overdrive, Ingram

About Barking Rain Press
Barking Rain Press is an imprint of the BRP Publishing Group (BRP), which is a non-profit publisher located in the greater Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area—a thriving hub for independent publishers, writers, and literary venues. BRP currently operates three imprints, including Barking Rain Press, Virtual Tales, and Nitis Books. Find out more about the BRP Publishing Group at their website, BarkingRainPress.org.