Murder Most Catholic

by McInerny, Ralph M.

• ISBN13: 9781581822601
• ISBN10: 158182260X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Cumberland House

Summary

The murder mysteries that make up this unusual anthology all have one thing in common: the hero or heroine who solves the crime is a Catholic cleric. Perhaps that should not be surprising, for since the time of G. K. Chesterton those who have explored stories with a religious belief or background have tended to place them in the Middle Ages. And during that time most Christians were in one way or another connected to the Catholic church. From Chesterton's classic priest-turned-detective Father Brown to Peter Tremayne's historical Celtic nun and lawyer, Sister Fidelma, religious men and women put aside their professional duties for a moment to take up an altogether different vocation for a short time -- that of detective and solver of crimes unspeakable.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Ralph McInerny
Whisper of the Dead	3	(22)
Peter Tremayne
Bless Me Father For I Have Sinned	25	(12)
Ed Gorman
Death by Fire	37	(10)
Anne Perry
Malachi Saxon
The Arrow of Ice	47	(12)
Edward D. Hoch
The Rag and Bone Man	59	(20)
Lillian Stewart Carl
Divine Justice	79	(8)
Chuck Meyer
Cemetery of the Innocents	87	(10)
Stephen Dentinger
Veronica's Veil	97	(34)
Monica Quill
Lowly Death	131	(20)
Margaret Frazer
Ex Libris	151	(14)
Kate Gallison
A Clerical Error	165	(20)
Michael Jecks
Through a Glass, Darkly	185	(20)
Kate Charles
The Knight's Confession	205	(16)
P. C. Doherty
The Shorn Lamb	221	(20)
Ralph McInerny
Contributors	241	(4)
Copyrights	245