- Hardcover: 247 pages
- Publisher: Thomas T Beeler; Lrg edition (December 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1574900838
- ISBN-13: 978-1574900835
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,045,977 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In addition to his manifold duties as rector of Holy Name Cathedral and as able assistant to Sean Cardinal Cronin, Bishop Blackie Ryan is a crackerjack detective with an uncanny ability to uncover both the spiritual motives and the temporal means for murder. Approached by Chantal Cardin, a wealthy and elegant Catholic matron who firmly believes her life is in grave and immediate jeopardy, Blackie must reach into a bygone era and untangle a previously unsolved crime in order to prevent a contemporary homicide. As he researches the infamous curse of the Cardin family, he discovers that each succeeding generation of that unfortunate clan has been beset by inexplicable tragedy. Intrigued by the letters of a young Irish housemaid who served in the turn-of-the-century Cardin mansion, Blackie pieces together a puzzle that breaks the cycle of anguish and furnishes the key that unlocks the current mystery. Greeley adeptly interweaves past and present, providing a complex, multilevel thriller with a nifty historical twist. Margaret Flanagan
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One hundred years after the wife of tycoon Peter Paul Cardin is brutally murdered, Mrs. Peter Paul Cardin V realizes that she is destined to share the same fate unless Bishop Blackie Ryan is able to solve a mystery from the past.
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"YOUR GRACE," THE handsome and wondrously underclad woman on my right said, "I'd like to make a general confession." Read the first page
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3.0 out of 5 stars
His reach exceedeth his grasp,
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This review is from: Happy Are The Oppressed (Mass Market Paperback)
Father Greeley's meager literary talents are strained past the breaking point in his attempt to recreate the voice of a nineteenth century Irish servant girl. Never would she have used the English language the way this author makes her write. Unfortunately, her hard-to-believe "letters" are a very large part of the book. However, I found the Chicago history bit fascinating, and the book as a whole is a good sentimental yarn with a (for me) hard-to-guess denouement and lots of tongue-in-cheek Irish blarney. And Auxiliary Bishop Blackie Ryan is a treasure!
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Happy are the Oppressed,
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This review is from: Happy Are The Oppressed (Mass Market Paperback)
I Have just discovered Andrew Greeley and I am busy devouring everything I can get my hands on. I throughley enjoyed the book, I thought it was interesting and informative, it kept me on the edge of my seat.
2.0 out of 5 stars
HE'S WRITTEN BETTER!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Happy Are The Oppressed (Mass Market Paperback)
Hated the history lesson. One whole chapter of letters irritated me to no end. I almost fell asleep on the treadmill. I did finish it, because I just can't buy a book and not read it. The final chapters are what made me rate it a 3. They were OK but uninspired and not very creative
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