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Murder Most Catholic: Divine Tales of Profane Crimes

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Ralph McInerny's brief but thoughtful introduction indicates that the contributors were "asked to write stories with a religious motif or background" and notes that many of the authors set their stories in the past. (Expect a few anachronisms, such as "kilometres", in these.) McInerny himself contributes a Father Dowling story, set in the present, as well as a novella under his pseudonym Monica Quill. While any anthology is inevitably a mixed bag, most readers will enjoy most of the stories in this volume, and will want to find more stories by some of the authors. The term "Catholic" in the title, incidentally, includes "Anglican" and "Episcopal". If you are attracted by the title, you are apt to enjoy the book.

You will enjoy this book if you enjoy suspense, intrigue and reading some of the great authors in, shall we say, 'excerpt' form; although each is a complete and interesting if not enthralling story.

I enjoyed and liked the fact that I could take it with me and read a story to conclusion in a short time and even though I would not recommend that the feint of heart do this...I read it as my 'bedtime story'.

It lead me to read other works by the authors presented here and to compare the styles of each of those in the anthology. A good solid read.