Happy Are the Oppressed (A Father Blackie Ryan Mystery) - Hardcover

Greeley, Andrew M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574900838 ISBN 13: 9781574900835

Publisher: Thomas t Beeler, 1997

Synopsis

In a riveting novel of sins and secrets, Bishop Blackie Ryan, the hero of Happy Are Those Who Mourn and Happy Are the Poor in Spirit, investigates the Cardin family--heirs to an unmatched legacy of wealth, prestige and murder. Bishop Ryan must solve a murder from the past to prevent one in the near future.

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From Booklist:

In addition to his manifold duties as rector of Holy Name Cathedral and as able assistant to Sean Cardinal Cronin, Bishop Blackie Ryan is a crackerjack detective with an uncanny ability to uncover both the spiritual motives and the temporal means for murder. Approached by Chantal Cardin, a wealthy and elegant Catholic matron who firmly believes her life is in grave and immediate jeopardy, Blackie must reach into a bygone era and untangle a previously unsolved crime in order to prevent a contemporary homicide. As he researches the infamous curse of the Cardin family, he discovers that each succeeding generation of that unfortunate clan has been beset by inexplicable tragedy. Intrigued by the letters of a young Irish housemaid who served in the turn-of-the-century Cardin mansion, Blackie pieces together a puzzle that breaks the cycle of anguish and furnishes the key that unlocks the current mystery. Greeley adeptly interweaves past and present, providing a complex, multilevel thriller with a nifty historical twist. Margaret Flanagan

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas t Beeler
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1574900838
• ISBN 13: 9781574900835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 247