Ralph McInerny
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Notre Dame mysteries volume 3
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English
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Sleuth Roger Knight, a professor at Notre Dame University, investigates the death of a woman academic who was vying with another academic for a tenured post. Lots of detail on academic intrigues.
47) Abracadaver
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English
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Roger Dowling, the compassionate priest of Fox River, Illinois, investigates the complex web of connections behind a ring used in a parish magic show, inscribed with the initials of a missing woman.
49) Infra Dig
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English
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Consumed by guilt after accidentally backing her car over her burdensome father-in-law, widowed Susan Nebens panics and hides the body in a bag full of grass clippings, thus beginning a bizarre adventure involving two hoods on the lam.
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Father Dowling mysteries volume 13
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English
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This collection of four Father Dowling mystery novellas includes "The Ferocious Father," "Heart of Gold," "The Dead Weight Lifter," and "The Dutiful Son," all of which star the lovable and gentle priest.
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English
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When the college chancellor has to resign after he is arrested for driving drunk on the way home from a massage parlor, philosophy professor Matthew Rogerson is faced with the search committee to hire a new chancellor--a search that plumbs academic infighting, backstabbing, and even murder--all the while trying to avoid having himself named to the post.
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With too many churches and not enough people to fill them, the Archdiocese has to make some cuts, and many of them, including the proposed closing of St. Hilary's are dangeriously close to the bone. Father dowling rushes to drum up support from church officials and parishioners, including the Deveres, who don't want to see the stained glass windows they donated go anywhere other than the church they were meant for, but they can hardly be of help...