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The Tears of Things (Father Dowling, Bk 20)
The Tears of Things - Father Dowling, Bk 20 Author:Ralph M. McInerny Fans of the enduring Father Dowling novels will be riveted by his eighteenth mystery, in which the insightful priest must address the issues of adoption and inheritance in a troubled family. — To Father Roger Dowling, St. Hilary's parish in Fox Rover, Illinois, seems to be buzzing with business as usual--until the wealthy retired investment a... more »dviser Mitchell Striker is found murdered in his car. The police suspect a local gigolo, Jerome Winegar, who has mysteriously reappeared in town for the first time since he got a young girl pregnant and left her twenty years ago. The girl, Nancy, was Striker's daughter. The distraught teenager, following her father's instructions, gave up the child and married a reliable man. Now, with the Striker fortune suddenly in her hands, nancy is beset by guilt and regret about her past.
Father Dowling knew Striker as a parishoner and is troubled by Jerome Winegar's presence in Fox River. As the darkly brooding man cuts a swath through the town's female population, trouble seems to follow: there is another murder, and though Winegar is arrested, the evidence against him does not add up. Acting as both investigator and counselor to the bereaved, Dowling realizes that the secrets of one youthful affair must be revealed before generations suffer its consequences.« less