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Homer Kelly mysteries volume 6
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Good and Dead is a literate and entertaining mystery featuring ample Homer Kelly, Thoreau scholar and ex-lieutenant detective for Middlesex County. As a parishioner of Old West Church, Homer has more than a professional interest in finding out why so many of his fellows are leaving their pews to take up permanent residency in the church cemetary. Disentangling murder from untimely death by natural causes, Homer discovers that quite a few pillars of...
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Homer Kelly mysteries volume 8
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English
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Drugs, murder, and the Catholic Church confound Homer's trip to Florence When the Pope issues a sweeping edict calling for a yearlong war on drugs, no one is more surprised than the Vatican to find the campaign a success. In every Catholic corner of the world, young people throw down their needles to pick up crosses. In Florence, thousands of them converge on the Duomo to thank Christ for their newfound commitment to sobriety. Nearly everyone is relieved...
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Homer Kelly mysteries volume 17
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English
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Homer and his wife fight to restore the besmirched legacy of a long-dead relative Homer and Mary Kelly have wandered through Harvard University's Memorial Hall dozens of times, but never have they lingered over the long list of alumni who died for the Union during the Civil War. One afternoon, the setting sun casts its light on the name of Seth Morgan, Mary's disgraced great-great-grandfather. She knows little of her ancestor's life, for family lore...
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Homer Kelly mysteries volume 14
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In Venice, Homer's wife uncovers a decades-old conspiracy Four-month summer holidays, spring break, and regular sabbaticals mean that Harvard professors Mary and Homer Kelly never have trouble finding time to vacation. Unfortunately, Homer's sideline as an amateur sleuth means that they rarely get to relax during their time off. And so, when Homer begs Mary to let them visit Venice to attend a conference in the famed rare book library of Cardinal...
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