Requiem for a Realtor: A Father Dowling Mystery (Father Dowling Mysteries)
In this satisfying entry in the Father Dowling mystery series, Stanley Collins is Fox River's most notorious philandering realtor. His wife, Phyllis, wants to divorce him but is afraid to lose her claim on an impending inheritance. She is stringing along her dentist, love-struck Dave Jameson, who's also a devout Catholic. Jameson is a prominent member of St. Hilary's parish and, as an emissary for Phyllis Collins, asks Father Dowling's advice regarding a divorce and her standing in the church. Circumstances change when Stanley Collins is run down by his own car a couple of blocks from the apartment of a local nightclub torch singer, with whom he is having an affair. Dowling closely watches as the investigation--directed by his closest friend, Phil Keegan, of the Fox River PD--unfolds. McInerny, a much-deserved winner of the Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award, presents a panoply of complex characters, most of whom are potential suspects. McInerny adds a moral catch-22 for Dowling as he struggles to choose between helping solve a murder and betraying the sanctity of a parishioner's confidences.Wes LukowskyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved