The Mangled Spoon — Joan Mauch

THE MANGLED SPOON is about what happens when evil finds a home in the Catholic Church. Cello-playing psychiatrist Marcus Rukeyser has a problem: Miss Jane, his newest patient is catatonic. Discovered foraging for food in a dumpster clutching a curiously damaged antique spoon, Rukeyser learns she's connected to three dead or missing nuns from a prominent Chicago parish. With only two weeks until she's committed to a state mental institution, authorities make it clear they'll go to any lengths to prevent him from uncovering the ugly truth -- including destroying his career, his home and potentially his life. This novel by author Joan Mauch is by turns frightening and thought provoking.