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A Blackie Ryan Novel
Bishop Blackie Ryan
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November 2008
On Sale: November 11, 2008
272 pages
ISBN: 0765315904
EAN: 9780765315908
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Taking leave of his usual Chicago haunts, Archbishop John
Blackwood Ryan travels to the south of Spain in this latest
mystery by bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley.
Ostensibly “Blackie” is in the historic city of Seville to
attend a conference on American philosophy, but a far more
critical assignment also requires his attention. The local
cardinal has summoned the wily archbishop to Spain in hopes
that Blackie can avert a murder before it happens. The threat of violence hangs ominously over the regal
palace of a family of wealthy Spanish aristocrats. Dona
Teresa, a pious widow whose exotic beauty unsettles even
Blackie, finds herself beset by avaricious relatives
determined to control her life and fortune. A tangled web
of obligations, traditions, and frustrated sexual desires
binds the family together even as they bitterly contend
against one another. With three generations of passionate
nobility sharing the same roof, it seems only a matter of
time before pride, greed, and lust leads to bloodshed. But while the archbishop attempts to forestall a modern-day
Spanish tragedy, dramatic events back in Chicago conspire
to change his life forever.
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