Assigned to watch his rival for the position of archbishop of Chicago, the ambitious Malachi Nolan, Blackie Ryan, a leading candidate for the position, heads to the Nolan family estate in Grand Banks and finds himself investigating the attempted murder of his rival.
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Matters of succession lead to attempted murder in the latest of Andrew M. Greeley's popular Blackie Ryan mysteries. Archbishop Malachi Nolan has designs on the Diocese of Chicago despite the fact that the Most Reverend Blackie Ryan, himself recently appointed an archbishop, is currently in line for the post. Assigned by Cardinal Cronin to keep a close eye on his rival, Blackie travels to the Nolan family's lavish estate in Grand Beach, where he soon finds himself immersed in an entirely different dynastic struggle.Spike Nolan, chairman and founder of Aviation Electronics, isn't even dead yet, but his children, grandchildren, and their respective spouses are already feuding over who will inherit control of the multimillion-dollar company. The only family member who doesn't have a stake in the quarrel is the clerical Malachi ... so why is he the one targeted by an unknown killer?To get to the bottom of the mystery, Blackie will have to sort through the tangled family dynamics of this highly dysfunctional clan, as well as figure out how his fellow archbishop was nearly stung to death by hornets inside a locked room. Can he solve the puzzle before the would-be assassin strikes again?
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