Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Grass Widow The Grass Widow Ralph M. McInerny A young blonde, Clare O’Leary, comes to see Father Dowling and cheerfully tells him she’s hiding out in Fox River, having left her husband, a well-known disc jockey in nearby Waukegan—he has taken up… OL15268406W
Thou Shalt Not Kill Thou Shalt Not Kill Cynthia Manson > From the best of *Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine* and *Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine* comes this divine collection featuring ecclesiastical sleuths. > "Rumpole and the Man of God" by John… OL16062195W
Blood Ties Blood Ties Ralph M. McInerny Henry Dolan's granddaughter, Martha Lynch, adopted 23 years earlier, wants to find her birth parents. Her adopted parents are frantic over the idea of losing her, so Henry seeks out Father Dowling fo… OL57281W
Grave Undertakings Grave Undertakings Ralph M. McInerny Father Roger Dowling’s latest investigation revolves around the small town of Fox River, Illinois. A local mobster, Vincent O’Toole, has just died and has been buried in the local cemetery. While que… OL57291W
Judas Priest Judas Priest Ralph M. McInerny Agreeing to speak with the only child of a hedonistic priest, who wants to become a nun despite her father's opinions of the church, Father Dowling is stunned when she is brutally murdered, and unc… OL57301W
Last Things Last Things Ralph M. McInerny Father Dowling is used to unsolicited knocks on the rectory door, having done more than his share of counseling and assisting in delicate situations during his long career. So when Eleanor Wygant com… OL57303W
The Prudence of the Flesh The Prudence of the Flesh Ralph M. McInerny Gregory Barrett, a classmate of Father Dowling’s, left the priesthood twenty-five years ago. Now, after all these years, a woman threatens to bring a multimillion-dollar suit against him, alleging he… OL57312W
Requiem for a Realtor Requiem for a Realtor Ralph M. McInerny Father Dowling, respected by all, is well-known for being willing to lend a helping hand whenever he can. So it's no surprise when Stanley Collins shows up at the St. Hilary rectory to confide in Fat… OL57313W
The Wisdom of Father Dowling The Wisdom of Father Dowling Ralph M. McInerny Here, collected for the first time, are fifteen of the best Father Dowling mystery short stories. Each cunning case is carefully examined by the good father, accompanied by the cast of characters tha… OL57322W
Abracadaver Abracadaver Ralph M. McInerny <I> Abracadaver</I> begins with a magic show at the St. Hilary’s parish center on a peaceful winter’s night in Fox River, Illinois. A ring inscribed “To FG from AG. Con amore” is used in a trick, but… OL57323W
Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday Ralph M. McInerny Father Dowling has been serving as parish priest and resident sleuth at St. Hilary’s for a while now, but he’s no lifer, and there’s plenty that he doesn’t know about the old guard. So when a strange… OL57324W
Getting a Way With Murder Getting a Way With Murder Ralph M. McInerny Fox River is amazed: Howard Downs, on trial for the murder of his wife, is found to be not guilty! Back to Square One for Captain Keegan and his aides, and for Father Dowling, who, in his priestly… OL57328W
A Loss of Patients A Loss of Patients Ralph M. McInerny Phil Keegan and the Fox River, IL police department are bewildered by a series of unexplained deaths. Two attractive women, friends, are found dead, about a month apart: the first, in her bathtub wit… OL57329W
The Seventh Station The Seventh Station Ralph M. McInerny <I>The Seventh Station</I> sees Father Dowling on a week's annual Retreat at Assisi House, run in a very traditional way by the Franciscans, where he hopes to find peace and quiet. Instead he finds h… OL57330W
Lying Three Lying Three Ralph M. McInerny Suddenly the world of international politics and terrorism confronts the small world of Fox River on the outskirts of Chicago: an assassin's bullet misses the Israeli consul as he watches the Cubs at… OL57331W
Second Vespers Second Vespers Ralph M. McInerny Francis O'Rourke, noted American author, is more alive dead than he ever was when alive. He was born and grew up in Fox River, a town now seething with big O’Rourkian business. Collectors, scholars, … OL57332W