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In this satisfying entry in the Father Dowling mystery series, Stanley Collins is Fox River's most notorious philandering realtor. His wife, Phyllis, wants to divorce him but is afraid to lose her claim on an impending inheritance. She is stringing along her dentist, love-struck Dave Jameson, who's also a devout Catholic. Jameson is a prominent member of St. Hilary's parish and, as an emissary for Phyllis Collins, asks Father Dowling's advice regarding a divorce and her standing in the church. Circumstances change when Stanley Collins is run down by his own car a couple of blocks from the apartment of a local nightclub torch singer, with whom he is having an affair. Dowling closely watches as the investigation--directed by his closest friend, Phil Keegan, of the Fox River PD--unfolds. McInerny, a much-deserved winner of the Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award, presents a panoply of complex characters, most of whom are potential suspects. McInerny adds a moral catch-22 for Dowling as he struggles to choose between helping solve a murder and betraying the sanctity of a parishioner's confidences.
Wes LukowskyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Product Description
Father Dowling, respected by all, is well-known for being willing to lend a helping hand whenever he can.So it's no surprise when Stanley Collins shows up at the St. Hilary rectory to confide in Father Dowling about the troubled marriage of one of the church's parishioners.Dowling promises to do his best to find a way to help, but it soon becomes too late.One of the parties involved is viciously killed in a hit and run car accident.Is it murder? Dowling knows there is good reason to suspect it might be, but when his friend, Detective Phil Keegan, labels it an accident, Dowling 's hands are tied.It's a question of ethics.Unable to break Collins's confidence, he can only keep tabs on the investigation from afar.While searching for the truth, Dowling must protect the secrets of his parishioners at all costs.In Requiem for a Realtor, the charming Father Dowling returns once again, tangled in a web of deceit that will intrigue and delight his dedicated fans in a complex, satisfying mystery from Ralph McInerny.
