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Father Dowling mystery
Thorndike Press large print basic
Father Dowling mystery
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Sixteen Father Dowling mystery short stories.
4) Blood ties
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Henry Dolan's granddaughter, Martha Lynch, adopted 23 years earlier, wants to find her birth parents. Her adopted parents are frantic over the idea of losing her, so Henry seeks out Father Dowling for help.
Meanwhile, Martha's birth father, Nathaniel Fleck, who left before Martha's birth, has contacted Martha's real mother, Madeline, for details about Martha. Madeline panics, afraid he won't leave her alone, and turns to Amos Cadbury, a lawyer, for...
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The discovery of the mangled body of a man in one of his father's cement mixers sends Father Dowling on an investigation into the secret past of the victim, the heir to a lucrative concrete business, who supposedly had left town with his mistress more than a decade earlier.
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Father Dowling, respected by all, is well-known for being willing to lend a helping hand whenever he can. So it's no surprise when Stanley Collins shows up at the St. Hilary rectory to confide in Father Dowling about the troubled marriage of one of the church's parishioners. Dowling promises to do his best to find a way to help, but it soon becomes too late. One of the parties involved is viciously killed in a hit and run car accident.
10) Stained glass
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With too many churches and not enough people to fill them, the Archdiocese has to make some cuts, and many of them, including the proposed closing of St. Hilary's are dangeriously close to the bone. Father dowling rushes to drum up support from church officials and parishioners, including the Deveres, who don't want to see the stained glass windows they donated go anywhere other than the church they were meant for, but they can hardly be of help...
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Father Dowling mysteries volume 20
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2001.
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Father Dowling investigates the death of a young parishoner when the police begin to wonder if was actually an accident, and also the lives of those attending the church's senior center when competition among suitors leads to deadly repercussions.
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Father Dowling mysteries volume 13
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This collection of four Father Dowling mystery novellas includes "The Ferocious Father," "Heart of Gold," "The Dead Weight Lifter," and "The Dutiful Son," all of which star the lovable and gentle priest.
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Father Dowling mysteries volume 18
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1996.
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the plot deals with adoption and murder. At its center is a woman born out of wedlock. The mother gave her up for adoption and she may have been adopted by the father.
15) Ash Wednesday
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2008.
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Father Dowling has been serving as parish priest and resident sleuth at St. Hilary's for a while now, but he's no lifer, and there's plenty that he doesn't know about the old guard. So when a stranger comes to Fox River who isn't a stranger to anyone but him, he has to rely on his prying housekeeper to tell him that the mystery man is actually a well-known murderer. Ten years ago, Nathaniel Green's wife was dying of cancer, and after a short remission...
20) The basket case
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Father Dowling of St. Hilary's parish is called upon to solve a baffling crime involving members of a locally prominent family. First a baby is abandoned in a church pew and, on the same day, the baby's father is found murdered.
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