Cradle and All

This is an okay book written by James Patterson. In Boston, a young woman finds herself pregnant – even though she believes she is still a virgin. In Ireland, another young woman discovers she is in a similar impossible condition. And in cities all around the world, civic authorities are overwhelmed by epidemics, droughts, famines, floods, and worse. It all feels like a sign that something awful is coming. Anne Fitzgerald, a former nun turned private investigator, is hired by the Archdiocese of Boson to investigate the immaculate conceptions. Even as she comes to care about and trust the young women, she realizes that both are in great danger. This book has similar scenes and characters to Patterson's 1980 novel Virgin.