William X. Kienzle, author of twenty-two previous Father Koesler mysteries, spent twenty years as a parish priest. After leaving the priesthood, he became editor of MPLS magazine in Minneapolis and later moved to Texas, where he was director of the Center for Contemplative Studies at the University of Dallas. Kienzle and his wife, Javan, live in Detroit, where he enjoys playing piano as a diversion from writing.
“William Kienzle is the Harry Kemelman of Catholicism. . . . Robert
Koesler is the Detroit response to Rabbi Small.”
–Los Angeles Times
“As Kienzle addresses serious modern issues, he stops to digress
and tell his wonderful stories . . . providing a neat solution with
a twist.”
–The Philadelphia Inquirer
The impending ordination of a former Episcopal priest into the Catholic church in Detroit turns into murder when an explosion at the altar kills a priest. Homicide detective Tully, retired detective Koznicki, Father Robert Koesler (series "resource person"), and George Wheatley, the "changeling," immediately analyze, inform, and hypothesize. Suspects are numerous, including two of Wheatley's own children one an Episcopal priest, the other a closet lesbian seminarian so police face an uphill struggle. A tedious exposition, argumentative and/or didactic digressions, and cheap narrative tricks label this a potboiler; nevertheless, buy for Kienzle's (The Rosary Murders) steady following. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
"William Kienzle is the Harry Kemelman of Catholicism. . . . Robert
Koesler is the Detroit response to Rabbi Small."
-Los Angeles Times
"As Kienzle addresses serious modern issues, he stops to
digress and tell his wonderful stories . . . providing a neat
solution with a twist."
-The Philadelphia Inquirer
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