Call No Man Father
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ISBN: 0836261313 / Publisher: Andrews and McMeel, March 1995
Assisting police efforts to secure Detroit for a visit from the pope, Father Koesler becomes alarmed when a visiting priest is murdered days before the pope's arrival and he finds himself becoming a pawn in church political games
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A visit from the pope is cause for celebration for most members of the Catholic community, but for those charged with ensuring his safety, it can be a security nightmare. And when His Holiness schedules a trip to Detroit, the police find themselves in over their heads even before his plane touches down.In Call No Man Father, the seventeenth Father Koesler mystery from William X. Kienzle, the Detroit police learn that a figure as prominent as the pope can be at risk from all sorts of unexpected directions. Some Catholics themselves fear that he will declare his controversial stand on birth control infallible, and are prepared to take extreme measures to stop him. A suburban gang that considers murder a status symbol sees the pope as the ultimate mark. And one renegade newspaper reporter, looking to salvage his career with the story of a lifetime, may be willing to manufacture that story himself.
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