A Loss of Patients - Father Dowling Author:Ralph McInerny A Father Dowling Mystery. Two women, friends, are found dead about a month apart. Circumstances are ambiguous and could suggest suicide. Two more deaths follow; again there is a suspicion of suicide. Phil Keegan and the Fox River, Illinois police dept. keep digging away. Father Dowling soon becomes involved in his own right while fulfilling his ... more »priestly functions.« less