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Praise for Ralph McInerny’s Father Dowling Mysteries

“Father Dowling’s twenty-seventh gently probes questions of guilt, intention, and absolution while having a bit of fun with small-town nattering.”
---Kirkus Reviews on Ash Wednesday

“In his usual gentle, thoughtful way, Father Dowling makes compassionate decisions. . . . Readers who long for a down-to-earth story of ordinary people and events will be well rewarded.”
---Publishers Weekly on Ash Wednesday

“This series continues to deliver, with a fascinating protagonist, intelligent plotting, and dry humor.”
---Booklist on The Widow’s Mate

“Father Dowling is not the average priest. . . . He has been through the mill himself, is tough, yet has compassion.”
---The New York Times Book Review

“You don’t have to go to church to worship mystery lovers’ esteemed Father Dowling.”
---Entertainment Weekly

“Mystery at its bloodless, cerebral best . . . Dowling is the perfect father confessor, dealing with moral dilemmas and the weakness of man with compassion and understanding.”
---The Chicago Tribune

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Tough times and the unsolved murders of anyone with ties to the Deveres&mdash-a family of wealthy parish patrons&mdash-back Father Dowling up against a wall in his struggle to save his church from the chopping block. With too many churches and not enough people to fill them, the Archdiocese has to make some cuts, and many of them, including the proposed closing of St. Hilary’s, are dangerously close to the bone. Father Dowling rushes to drum up support from church officials and parishioners, including the Deveres, who don’t want to see the stained glass windowsthey donated go anywhere other than the church they were meant for, but they can hardly be of help when those closest to them start turning up dead. Church politics, long-kept family secrets, and a determined killer come together to put St. Hilary’s&mdash-a church that countless characters and devoted readers have come to love&mdash-and its parishioners in peril in Stained Glass , the latest in Ralph McInerny’s treasured mystery series.

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