1800, Joseon (Korea). Homesick and orphaned, Seol is indentured to the police bureau. She has been tasked with assisting a well-respected young inspector with the investigation into the politically charged murder of a noblewoman. The...
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Author:Gaskell, ElizabethSummary:Gaskellâ's gothic masterpiece weaves the tale of a lonely old woman whose curse upon the murderer of her cherished dog unleashes unintended consequences. The impulse of revenge is turned to contrition after the discovery of an...
- Author:Kienzle, William X.Summary:
Father Koesler goes on vacation, leaving the sleuthing to the visiting Father Zachary Tully.
- Author:Chesterton, G. K.Summary:
Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil? In The Innocence of Father Brown , G.K. Chesterton explores the darker side of human nature—the...
- Author:McCabe, PatrickSummary:
"Now entering his sixty-seventh year, Chris McCool can confidently call himself a member of the Happy Club: he has an attractive and exceedingly accommodating Croatian girlfriend and has been told he bears more than a passing...
- Author:WEST, MorrisSummary:
In an impoverished village in southern Italy, the life and death of Giacamo Nerone has inspired talk of saint-hood. Father Blaise Meredith, a dying English priest, is sent from the Vatican to investigate - and to try to untangle the web...
- Author:Moore, BrianSummary:
In a bleak Eastern bloc country, someone tries to kill Cardinal Bem. That night, he is kidnapped. He must find out the identity of his captors to avert the revolution that will result from his disappearance.
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Author:Dawe, DavidSummary:Riots and Religion in Newfoundland delves into the history of conflict between our English and Irish ancestors, a controversial topic that has been overlooked, diminished, or completely ignored in many history books. David Dawe...
- Author:Anderson, Kevin P.Summary:
In twentieth-century Canada, mainline Protestants, fundamentalists, liberal nationalists, monarchists, conservative Anglophiles, and left-wing intellectuals had one thing in common: they all subscribed to a centuries-old world view that...
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Author:Kienzle, William X.Summary:"Bill Kienzle's best yet." —Detroit Free Press
"It is miraculous, but the third Father Koesler is even better than the first two. It is without reservation the best series ever about a priest detective." —Otto Penzler, owner,...
- Author:Salzman, MarkSummary:
In a Carmelite monastery outside present-day Los Angeles, life goes on in a manner virtually un-changed for centuries. Sister John of the Cross has spent years there in the service of God. And there, she alone experiences visions of...
- Author:Théoret, FranceSummary:
Cette histoire d’oppression, au sein d’une famille catholique bien pensante, met en scène des interdits et des censures. Grandeurs et misères se succèdent. En échange de l’obéissance servile de ses filles, la mère promet de les soutenir...
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Author:Zettell, SusanSummary:Holy Days of Obligation is a collection of short stories which weaves together the family history of a working-class Catholic family. Set in industrial Ontario, the stories are narrated by Bertie, who is the oldest of nine children....
- Author:Marrin, Patrick J.Summary:
Who could have imagined that at a time of deep global uncertainty and institutional failure, a soft-spoken figure dressed in white would step onto the world stage with a message of hope? The election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope...
- Author:Hendra, TonySummary:
At 14 years old, Tony began an affair with a married woman that ended when the jilted husband, a devout Roman Catholic, sent Tony to a Benedictine abbey. There, Tony met the remarkably kind and compassionate Father Joe. For the next...
- Author:WISEMAN, Nicholas PatrickSummary:
This historical novel is set in Rome in the early 4th century AD, during the time of the cruel persecution of Christians under the Emperor Diocletian The heroine of the book is Fabiola, a young pagan beauty from a noble Roman family....
- Author:Waugh, EvelynSummary:
Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcomes the attentions of its eccentric, artistic inhabitants...
