Spiritual advisor and amateur sleuth Father Dowling takes on four baffling mysteries, in a collection that includes ""The Ferocious Father,"" ""Heart of Gold,"" ""The Dead Weight Lifter,"" and ""The Dutiful Son."" Reprint.
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The 13th entry in the Father Dowling series is disappointing and trite. McInerny's predictable formula does not work well in this anthology format; the introduction in each story of the regular cast of characters--Father Dowling, Marie Murkin, Captain Phil Keegan and Edna Hospers--becomes tedious and annoying. The volume gets off to a poor start with the weakest novella, the hackneyed and poorly constructed "The Ferocious Father," but it picks up with the second and strongest, "Heart of Gold." In the latter, Father Dowling is called to investigate when an old man is kidnapped from the church's social center. It turns out that the victim is an ex-con who was imprisoned for embezzling from the bank where he worked as an accountant, and that his kidnappers--who may be his own sons--think he still has the loot. Then his body, riddled with seven bullets, turns up, and Father Dowling goes hunting for his killers. The last two stories, "The Dead Weight Lifter" and "The Dutiful Son," are familiar, inoffensive time-passers, in which Father Dowling solves problems more through his intimate knowledge of his parishioners and his town than through any real detection or action. For fanatical fans only.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Okay, but repetitive,
By Tres (Phoenix) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Four on the Floor: A Father Dowling Mystery Quartet (Hardcover)
This book is easy to read in that it contains four short stories or "novellas". However the plots are predictable and the style of writing leaves you saying "What?" The stories could be more original and the writing style more imaginative. If you want a real mystery try "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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