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A Cardinal Offense: A Father Dowling Mystery
A Cardinal Offense A Father Dowling Mystery Author:Ralph M. McInerny Father Roger Dowling acquires a rare treasure: two prime-location tickets to the Notre Dame vs. USC football game, the gift of an old friend in the Church. But the tickets come with a catch, for at Notre Dame he is expected to attend a conference on American annulment practices -- a meeting with the powerful Cardinal Hildebrand, which will tear ... more »Dowling from the welcome obscurity of his parish in Fox River, Illinois.
As Dowling prepares for the meeting, he is approached by Michael Geary, who wants an annulment of his marriage to his wife, Maureen. Reluctantly drawn into the couple's stormy marriage, Dowling's interest intensifies when Geary is murdered. But a darker, more dangerous surprise awaits him at Notre Dame -- a threat to the cardinal that will place Father Dowling at the center of a national controversy.
This is the seventeenth novel to feature Father Dowling and the fest set at Notre Dame.« less