Kimberlee P. (KimsClub) reviewed on 3/10/2007 + 53 more book reviews

The murder couldnt have been more ill timed. Father Ernie Bell, slightly in his cups, staggers into the priests' quarterly gripe session, angry at the new bishop. Recentlyt arrived Father Don Carleson also takes a jab or two at the bishop, who treats the 'sixtysomething' Carleson like a servant. The conspiratorial converstaion continues around the table, as many of the Detroit clergymen agree that Bishop Ramon Diego ises others as pawns in a chess game. By the next morning, several of the detractors are prime suspects in the murder of Bishop Diego. A team of detectives and a particularly ambitious assistant prosecuting attorney descend upon the relative calm of St Anne's Parish, where the murder occurred, and quickly build their case. In Bishop as Pawn, William X Kienzle's sixteenth novel in the best selling Father Koesler mystery series, the venerable priest sleuth is faced with a sticky dilemma: the evidence points to one of his colleagues as the guilty party, yet Koesler has an innate sense of the integrity of the accused. Should Koesler trust his instincts, or has his allegiance to the priestly brotherhood skewed his objectivity?

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