Aimée Thurlo, accompanied by her poodles, Ella (black) and Doggett (white), goes over a transcript of the mystery novel "False Witness" in her home on Albuquerque's West Side. The novel, written by Thurlo and her husband, David, is the latest in the couple's series about Sister Agatha, a Catholic nun. The Sister Agatha books are part of a large and growing mystery subgenre featuring religious sleuths.