Desert Sinner: A Father Dowling Mystery
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0312081774 / Publisher: St Martins Pr, November 1992
When Stacey Wilson, a former Las Vegas showgirl, refuses to reveal where she was on the day her playboy husband was murdered, despite the threat of a life sentence, Father Dowling decides to investigate
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Desert Sinner is the fifteenth mystery to feature Roger Dowling, the shrewd and compassionate priest of Fox River, Illinois. Ralph McInerny's novels are known for their subtle humor, humanity, grasp of religious issues, and Dowling's instinctively accurate sleuthing.In Desert Sinner, a former Las Vegas showgirl named Stacey Wilson is jailed for the murder of her husband, Marvin, a rich playboy whose marriage to the showgirl was a local scandal. Stacey staunchly claims innocence; despite a life sentence, she refuses to disclose her whereabouts on the murder day. While the police see the case as closed, Father Dowling, uncomfortable with the verdict, privately seeks the truth.Sin, innocence, and their linked consequences are played out by a varied cast of characters, in an absorbing plot that Father Dowling's readers will enjoy.
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