Thicker Than Water: A Father Dowling Mystery [Hardcover]

Ralph M. McInerny (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 255 pages
• Publisher: Vanguard Pr; second edition (December 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814908586
• ISBN-13: 978-0814908587
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,998,220 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A priest, a cop,a murder and wit., February 4, 2006

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W. Zeranski (Moscow, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thicker Than Water: A Father Dowling Mystery (Hardcover)

This is the first of the series I've read, and I'm rather pleased. There's wit and priestly advice and murder too. The collection of characters is the kind you'd expect in a story about a small parish priest, and there is a character you won't expect like Marcus the pamphleteer. I don't deal in spoilers, but Marcus is a one of the more interesting characters in the story, a story which begins with a series of odd thefts, missing pork chops and homemade jam, that lead to serious crime. The information about the people and the crime are divvied out at a comfortable pace, allowing time for Dowling and the cohort to reveal their thoughts about the crime and the world around them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thicker than water, November 23, 2005

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bev brown "bev" (lone pine,ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thicker Than Water: A Father Dowling Mystery (Hardcover)

in the dreary, cold pre-Easter lull, Murkin develops a case of persnicketiness. Someone has stolen from the church's offering box. great story! of mysterious disappearances.