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The discovery of the mangled body of Wallace Flanagan in one of his father's cement mixers sends Father Dowling on an investigation into the secret past of the victim, the heir to a lucrative concrete business, who supposedly had left town more than a decade earlier.Tags
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It may be my own fault that I didn't think this book hung together as well as it could have - I read it in a whole bunch of ten-minute chunks whenever I had a spare moment. This installment's family is the Flanagans, the father of which owns a cement-mixing company. The Flanagan shenanigans are not particularly intuitive to me, but maybe it's just a commentary on the endless variety of human affairs. The shadowy Pianone family, always part of the backdrop, seem to be making more of a push to the front and center, although the connection between the Flanagans and Pianones seems to run more or less through the Looneys, a scion of which makes his first appearance to my knowledge in this book.
The solution to the puzzle was a complete show more surprise to me, probably for no good reason other than lack of concentration, but everything was wrapped up neatly. Have families always had front and center in Fox River? I think they might. show less
The solution to the puzzle was a complete show more surprise to me, probably for no good reason other than lack of concentration, but everything was wrapped up neatly. Have families always had front and center in Fox River? I think they might. show less
This series was pretty good. I think more books from this author would be worth reading.
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Ralph McInerny was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 24, 1929. He served in the Marine Corps in the late 1940s. He received a bachelor's degree from St. Paul Seminary in 1951, a master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1952 and a doctorate in philosophy from Laval University in Quebec in 1954. He was a member of the University show more of Notre Dame faculty from 1955 until 2009. He gained international renown as a scholar, author and lecturer who specialized in the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. During his academic career, he was the Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies and director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame. He is founder and publisher of Catholic Dossier magazine and co-founder of Crisis magazine. His philosophical works include Aquinas on Human Action, The Question of Christian Ethics, and Aquinas and Analogy. His novels include the Father Dowling Mystery series, an Andrew Broom Mystery series, and the Sister Mary Teresa Mystery series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Harry Austin, Matthew FitzRalph, Ernan Mackey, Edward Mackin, and Monica Quill. He died on January 29, 2010 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 2007
- People/Characters
- Roger Dowling (Father); Wallace Flanagan; Melissa Flanagan; Marco Piagnone; Frank Looney; Greg Packer (show all 10); Sylvia Beach; Luke Flanagan; Sandra Bochenski; Peanuts Pianone
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