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Abracadaver (Father Dowling, Bk 12)
Abracadaver - Father Dowling, Bk 12
Author: Ralph McInerny
ABRACADAVER begins with a magic show at St. Hilary's parish center on a peaceful winter's night in Fox River, Illinois. — A ring inscribed 'To FG from AG. Con amore' is used in a trick, but the inscription sticks in Father Dowling's mind because the recipient's initials are those of a woman who has disappeared without a trace. — Her husband, a wea...  more »
ISBN: 95783
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: 148
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carlamo avatar reviewed Abracadaver (Father Dowling, Bk 12) on + 269 more book reviews
For the 12th time, McInerny amazes and amuses with a secular adventure of Fr. Dowling of St. Hilary's, Fox River, Ill. The elderly audience at the parish center is excited by the tricks played by a visiting magician. Dowling's curiosity, though, is excited by the ring the entertainer borrows from Aggie Miller for his showiest stunt. When Aggie is murdered later, the priest joins his friend, Capt. Phil Keegan of Homicide, to find a link between the victim and the ring, inscribed "To FG from AG. Con amore." Arthur Grice, a wealthy contractor, says he had given it to his wife Frances, who has been missing for weeks. Despite the Grices' long and supposedly happy marriage, rumor now has it that "AG" disposed of "FG" and Aggie so he could go ("con amore") to Pamela Mathers, his young employee. There are other aspects of the case that lead Dowling to a "now you see it, now you don't" display worthy of any professional prestidigitator. Mystery Guild selection.
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A Father Dowling mystery.


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