William X. Kienzle

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

The time is always the same -- Sunday afternoons. The victims are the same -- older prostitutes who cruise Detroit's seedier streets. The method's the same -- a gruesome ritual that shocks the city. Most chillingly of all, the killer seems to be the same -- a quiet man in the black garb and high white collar of a Catholic priest. Father Koesler may never forgive himself for what he is about to uncover . . .

Marked for Murder

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

At the request of a widow, Father Koesler agrees on a service for a dead Jew in his church in Detroit. When halfway through the service the man comes alive and news of it reaches the bishop, the priest is called on the carpet for officiating for a Jew.

Requiem for Moses

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Eminence

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A mystery writers' conference gets a dose of real-life crime when the featured speaker, the wildly unpopular Rev. Klaus Krag is killed, and Fr. Koesler must enlist the aid of Alonzo "Zoo" Tully to catch a killer.

Masquerade

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Deadline for a Critic

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

Virginia

The Rosary Murders

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Florida

Hard-hitting, hard-running, and, most of all, hard-hearted, Hank "The Hun" Hunsinger, superstar tight end for the Pontiac Cougars, is murdered by ingenious and macabre means in his own shower. There's no shortage of suspects -- from the canny club owner to a miffed mistress to a humble rookie. Himself a religious football fan, Father Koesler is thrust from the stands to the center of a mystery that shrouds the spirited God Squad, the Cougars' Bible study group with a disturbingly freewheeling way with Scriptures. The ferreting Father unearths a secret every bit as astonishing as a winning eighty-yard touchdown pass with three seconds to go....

Sudden Death

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Book is in good condition. Some scratches on the cover and spine has little be of worn. Other wise it is in good condition. 

A Father Koesler Mystery

The struggles of an informal group of people who served at St. Ursula's while the tyrannical Fr. Angelico was pastor.

Till Death

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Oklahoma

A hooker dressed in a nun's habit is shot dead at the shrine of her sister's convent. No clues, no motive and scant leads present the police with a parish puzzler. Father Robert Koesler attends the woman's wake, and soon finds himself swept into a bizarre and chilling case of multiple murder that begins with a nun under the gun and ends with Koesler under a cardinal's cassock . . .

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Arizona

The nineteenth in the series of mysteries by the bestselling author of The Rosary Murders--a finalist for the American Book Award--The Man Who Loved God continues the adventures of Father Robert Koesler, the priest/sleuth who solves murders in Detroit.

The Man Who Loved God

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Alaska

All is not well at Detroit's St. Vincent's Hospital. The beds are used for more than convalescence. A nasty case of malpractice surfaces. An operating room is spectacularly blown up. Worst of all, Sister Eileen, the iron-willed nun who almost single-handedly keeps the inner-city hospital open, becomes the object of some violently unhealthy attention. Can Father Koesler make the correct diagnosis before the killer writes another murderous prescription?

Deathbed

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When auto exec Frank Hoffman is murdered, nobody, not even the police, has a clue -- except Father Koesler. The sleuthing priest has heard some shocking news in the sanctity of the confessional. And now there's danger that a new victim will breathe his last -- but the honor-bound Father can't breathe a word . . .

Kill and Tell

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WHO BUMPED OFF THE BISHOP? When a seemingly innocent game of chess turns lethal, the serene St. Anne's Parish becomes a devilish murder scene. Most of the Detroit clergymen agree that the victim, Bishop Ramon Diego, abused his power by treating the loyal and devoted as mere pawns, making them prime suspects in this unholy demise. Enter Father Koesler, whose investigation gets personal when one of his respected colleagues falls under suspicion. But what if his associate is guilty? Will Koesler be blinded by his bond to the holy brotherhood? "A tour de force for Kienzle: a fast-paced mystery, leavened with humor, that will leave mystery buffs eagerly awaiting his next Father Koesler novel." --The Flint Journal "A tangled web of lies...A complex maze of discovery." --Mystery News "Father Koesler is sharp as always in tracking results of the evil that lurks in the heart of man." --Amarillo Sunday News-Globe

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Bishop As Pawn

"Kienzle surely ranks among the top talents working today." Detroit Free Press From the bestselling author of "Body Count," another Father Koesler mystery. Three decades ago young Agnes Ventimiglia fell wildly in love with a gentle, handsome young man. Finally, the exhilarating night came when Agnes just knew he would pop the question. Agnes was wrong . . . dead wrong. Now, Father Koesler is stalking a thirty-year-old murder mystery, following a trail of long-repressed anger and explosive vengeance. Each step brings him closer to a desperate killer -- a killer who will go to any lengths to stop him from uncovering the truth, including killing again. Because to a murderer, two dead wrongs can make it all right . . .

Dead Wrong

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A cardinal is murdered in his own church. Another is slain in the Vatican. The only clue is an imprint of a clenched fist which is left at both locations. What is behind the murders and could the ultimate target be the Pope himself? Sleuthing priest, Father Koesler, plunges into his own dark past and becomes an unlikely candidate for assassination.

Shadow of Death

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A rabbi, a nun, a monk, and an Episcopal priest -- all mystery writers -- have been invited to Marygrove College to speak at a mystery writers' conference. Although different in denomination, they all have one thing in common: they loathe the featured speaker, sleazy televangelist Reverend Klaus Krieg. When murder smites the Reverend, the hateful faithful are the prime suspects. Father Koesler throws himself into the investigation and discovers that although being wrong isn't a sin, it could be murder . . .

Mind Over Murder

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Years after undergoing the rigors of the seminary, Father Robert Koestler joins his old friends for a reunion of sorts, but his sleuthing talents are soon called on after one of their members is found dead.

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