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The Innocence of Father Brown is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G.K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest. Father Brown's ability to uncover the truth behind the mystery continually surpasses that of the "experts" around him, who are fooled into underestimation by the priest's unimpressive outward appearance and, often, by their own prejudices about Christianity. Combining captivating...
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"In the classic mystery by Queen of Mystery Agatha Christie, an elderly priest is murdered, quite possibly doomed by a woman’s deathbed confession and by the secrets kept safely locked behind closed doors of a mysterious local pub. When an elderly priest is murdered, the killer searches the victim so roughly that his already ragged cassock is torn in the process. What was the killer looking for? And what had a dying woman confided to the priest...
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Grantchester mysteries volume 1
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English
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Introduces unconventional clergyman Sidney Chambers, who teams up with roguish Inspector Harry Keating to investigate a suspicious suicide, a jewelry theft, the unexplained demise of a jazz promoter, and a shocking art forgery.
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It's a cold, snowy December in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill, and newly ordained Clare Fergusson is on thin ice as the first female priest of its small Episcopal church. The ancient regime running the parish covertly demands that she prove herself as a leader. However, her blunt manner, honed by years as an army pilot, is meeting with a chilly reception from some members of her congregation and Chief of Police Russ Van Alystyne, in particular,...
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Canterbury Cathedral mysteries volume 1
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1991.
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English
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Now a New York Times bestselling author, Julia Spencer-Fleming rises to the accolade with a powerful, and emotionally charged novel fans have been yearning for.
On a frigid January night, Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne and Reverend Clare Fergusson are called to the scene of a raging fire, that quickly becomes a double homicide and kidnapping. Which is the very last thing Russ needs...Currently he's struggling with the prospect of impending
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Book of Psalms mysteries volume 1
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Felony & Mayhem Press
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2011.
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English
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Book of Psalms mysteries volume 5
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Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1996.
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English
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In England, a mystery centered on a church in a Norfolk village. On Sunday, the congregation prays together, during the week they play dirty tricks on each other--from obscene calls to the vicar's wife, to murder. The vicar calls in two sleuths to unmask the evil members. They are lawyer David Middleton-Brown and artist Lucy Kingsley.
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When a violent attack on a doctor triggers a series of gay hate crimes in the Adirondack town of Miller's Kill, Episcopalian priest Clare Fergusson and police chief Russ Van Alstyne investigate a range of suspects.
It's the Fourth of July, and a violent attack on the town's medical examiner triggers a series of assaults on other gay men in Millers Kill, New York. Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson wants to call them out as hate crimes. With tourist...
12) Secret sins
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Callie Anson mysteries volume 2
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Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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Callie Anson needs to come to the defense of her mentor, Frances Cherry, when Father Jonah Adimolah, a conservative Nigerian priest Cherry had criticized, is found murdered.
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Father Dowling mysteries volume Related works
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Five Star
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
14) The reaper
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Soho
Pub. Date
2000.
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English
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Otis Joy, the popular and handsome young rector of St. Bartholomew's Church in Oxford, England, is accused of embezzling church funds and ordered to resign, but only until the bishop who accuses him commits suicide, followed by another death, and then another.
15) Killing Custer
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Berkley Prime Crime
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©2013.
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English
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When Colin Morningside, a descendant of Crazy Horse, is accused of murdering a General Armstrong Custer impersonator, Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden must find the truth, which leads them into a deadly conspiracy that neither of them could have foreseen.
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Berkley Prime Crime
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1998, ©1997.
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English
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When a woman lawyer teams up with a Catholic priest to stop the building of a nuclear storage facility on an Indian reservation she must cope with death threats, an attempt on her life, and an intense attraction to the priest.
17) Eye of the wolf
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John O'Malley and Vicky Holden mysteries volume 11
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Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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When a psychotic killer stalks the Wind River Reservation murdering three Shoshone Indians and posing their bodies on a historical battlefield, Father John O'Malley and Vicky Holden investigate to uncover the motives behind the killings.
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Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Father Bulthius Braydon begs Crispin Guest for help when corpses are seen stalking St Modwen Church's graveyard, while Crispin's seven-year-old son is accused of murder. As Crispin investigates, it seems that St Modwen's links both cases, and he is soon in a desperate race against time to solve the strange goings-on and prove his son's innocence"--Publisher's description.
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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January, 1400. The bowman strikes at night, slaying one of King Henry's loyal garrison men before vanishing into the dark. Was the murder personal? Or is it the start of an uprising against England's self-crowned king? Friar and reluctant spy Brother Chandler is ordered to investigate, before the spark of rebellion can set the country alight.
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Who would cut the throat of a young nun and throw her remains in the river? And what was she doing outside the confines of the priory in the first place? Secretly acting as a spy for Henry Bolingbroke, Chandler is torn by conflicting loyalties and agonising self-doubt. As the king's cousin marches towards Wales and England teeters on the brink of civil war, Chandler's investigations will draw him into affairs of state - and endanger not only himself...
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