The Martyr's ChapelGriffin Reed is the widowed rector for the prestigious campus of Avenell University. The gentle atmosphere of Avenell is jolted when a Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright is found dead at Avenell's Martyr's Chapel. While the authorities suspect a local hermit of the crime, Father Grif has other suspicions, and with the comic assistance of his spinster sister and a prison chaplain, he uncovers a surprising list of suspects. |
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... dark night of the soul , per- haps , or a respite from his drunken binge . Truman hears movement , and before he can react , the other is upon him . Perhaps Gentry himself was that other , darker shadow . Perhaps he came here know- ing ...
... dark night of the soul , per- haps , or a respite from his drunken binge . Truman hears movement , and before he can react , the other is upon him . Perhaps Gentry himself was that other , darker shadow . Perhaps he came here know- ing ...
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... darkness cover me , and the light about me be night , " even darkness is not dark to thee , the night is as bright as the day ; for darkness is as light with thee . Jesus said , " I am the light of the world ; he who follows me will not ...
... darkness cover me , and the light about me be night , " even darkness is not dark to thee , the night is as bright as the day ; for darkness is as light with thee . Jesus said , " I am the light of the world ; he who follows me will not ...
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... dark coat or jacket over it , but definitely dressed in dark colors . " " Perhaps she was only standing here ad- miring this landscape , " I offered the obvi- ous . " Maybe , " said Dan . " But then , why so shy ? No crime in looking at ...
... dark coat or jacket over it , but definitely dressed in dark colors . " " Perhaps she was only standing here ad- miring this landscape , " I offered the obvi- ous . " Maybe , " said Dan . " But then , why so shy ? No crime in looking at ...
Contents
Family Secrets | 274 |
Day of Rest | 300 |
Red Herrings 249 274 300 | 322 |
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