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Posted in Mystery/Detective on May 21st, 2007
reviewed by Randy England
From the back cover:
Who is killing the Catholic bishops of Los Angeles? One by one, they’re dying–horribly. The clues surrounding the murders point to an occult connection and the police are stumped.
Move over Fathers Brown and Dowling and make room for cop-turned priest Father John Baptist. Like all good fictional sleuths, Father […]
Posted in Classics, Mystery/Detective on Feb 18th, 2007
As I write this, the Catholic diocese of Spokane, (like my own Archdiocese of Portland, OR) is going through bankruptcy proceedings brought on by sex abuse cases. I don’t know what the Portland numbers are, but in Spokane, according to this Catholic News Agency report, fully half of the $48 million to be awarded the […]
Posted in Classics, Fantasy, Mystery/Detective on Feb 15th, 2006
Reviewed by Debra Murphy
From the back cover of the illustrated Idylls Press edition:
"Originally published in 1908, G.K. Chesterton’s nightmare-fantasy of Police vs. Dynamiters, Law vs. Anarchy, and Religion vs. Nihilism has influenced writers as diverse as Franz Kafka and C.S. Lewis, and remains as exuberant and imaginative, as original and prophetic as when if first […]
Posted in Literary, Mystery/Detective, Suspense/Thriller on Feb 13th, 2006
The myth of St. George-versus-the-Dragon comes to new and provocative life in this mystery-thriller set in Milwaukee.
James Ireton is a gifted young Shakespeare scholar haunted by a tragic past and recurring nightmares of a Knight, a Lady, and a vicious Dragon. James thinks they’re just dreams, but when two people close to him fall victim […]