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Minotaur Books
August 2006
272 pages
ISBN: 0312351445
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Mystery
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 sexually exploited her when
he was still a priest and she was sixteen. Barrett has no
memory of her, but is devastated at what these claims will
do to his career as a radio host and to his new family. So
he comes to Father Dowling for advice. Father Dowling, a
parish priest in Fox River, Indiana, as usual, serves as
part counselor, part sounding board, and part moral
compass for priests and parishioners alike---not to
mention cops and lawyers---and offers help to both Barrett
and his accuser.
Before Barrett can decide what to do, and before the now-
adult woman has made her demands known to the archdiocese,
a body washes up on the shore of Lake Michigan, and
Barrett becomes the primary suspect in the murder.
Also in the mix in this astutely drawn mystery are a
failed writer, a parish busybody, an inept lawyer, and an
embittered young man, each with his or her own agenda, and
it is up to Father Dowling to unravel the links between
these people whose lives were separated long ago, only to
reconnect in tragedy.
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