Ralph McInerny Books In Order
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Cause and Effect | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Body and Soil | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Savings and Loam | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mom and Dead | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Law and Ardor | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heirs and Parents | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Egidio Manfredi Books
Publication Order of Father Dowling Books
Her Death of Cold | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bishop as Pawn | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seventh Station | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lying Three | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Second Vespers | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thicker Than Water | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Loss of Patients | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Grass Widow | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Getting a Way with Murder | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rest in Pieces | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Basket Case | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Abracadaver / Slight of Body | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Four on the Floor | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Judas Priest | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Desert Sinner | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seed of Doubt | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cardinal Offense | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tears of Things | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grave Undertakings | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Triple Pursuit | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Prodigal Father | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Last Things | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Requiem for a Realtor | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Ties | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Prudence of the Flesh | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Widow's Mate | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ash Wednesday | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wisdom of Father Dowling | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stained Glass | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Compassion of Father Dowling | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Father Dowling Young Adult Mystery Books
The Case of the Dead Winner | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Case of the Constant Caller | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Notre Dame Books
On This Rockne | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lack of the Irish | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Irish Tenure | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of Kills | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Emerald Aisle | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Celt and Pepper | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Irish Coffee | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Green Thumb | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Irish Gilt | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Letter Killeth | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Irish Alibi | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Revolution | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sham Rock | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Proceedings of the Wethersfield Institute Books
The Catholic Writer | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science and Evidence for Design in the Universe | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Rosary Chronicles Books
Publication Order of Sister Mary Teresa Mystery Books
Not a Blessed Thing | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let Us Prey | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
And Then There Was Nun | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nun of the Above | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sine Qua Nun | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Veil of Ignorance | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sister Hood | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nun Plussed | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Half Past Nun | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Jolly Rogerson | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Narrow Time | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Priest | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gate of Heaven | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rogerson at Bay | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spinnaker | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Quick as a Dodo | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Romanesque | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Noonday Devil | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Leave of Absence | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Frigor Mortis | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nominative Case | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Search Committee | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Easeful Death | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Infra Dig | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Red Hat | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
As Good As Dead | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ablative Case | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Slattery | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Collections
Thou Shalt Not Kill | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Soul of Wit | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Good Knights | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Thomism in an Age of Renewal | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
New Themes in Christian Philosophy | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Art and Prudence | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
St. Thomas Aquinas | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Boethius And Aquinas | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aquinas on Human Action | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Question of Christian Ethics | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aquinas Against the Averroists | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let's Write a Novel | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let's Read Latin | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aquinas and Analogy | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
An Uncertain Legacy | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What Went Wrong with Vatican II | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Characters in Search of Their Author | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Defamation of Pius XII | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Some Catholic Writers | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dante and the Blessed Virgin | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines Books
A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide To U.S. History | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Psychology | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Natural Science | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Economics | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Religious Studies | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Classics | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to the Study of Law | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to International Relations | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to American Political Thought | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Music History | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to the Core Curriculum: Core Curriculum Guide | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Literature | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Student's Guide to Philosophy | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Caroline Canfield Mysteries Books
Tiger's Palette | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sketches with Wolves | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Murder Most Books
Murder Most Sacred | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Medieval | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Delicious | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Irish | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Delectable | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Divine | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Romantic | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Postal | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Feline | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Confederate | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Celtic | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
The Intellectuals Speak Out About God: A Handbook for the Christian Student in a Secular Society | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Malice Domestic 4 | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Common Truths: New Perspectives on Natural Law | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unholy Orders | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Murder Most Catholic | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ralph McInerny
Ralph McInerny was a fiction writer best known for his Father Dowling mystery series. McInerny has authored under different pseudonyms, including Harry Austin, Monica Quill, Ernan Mackey, Matthew FitzRalph, and Edward Mackin. His popular series featured Father Dowling, who was the basics of the main character in a television show titled Father Dowling Mysteries, which aired from 1987-1991.
McInerny also worked as a professor of Philosophy, Medieval Studies professor at Notre Dame University, and a Catholic religious scholar.
Her Death of Cold
Her Death of Cold is the first book in the Father Dowling series. The book features Father Dowling, a man who has just set foot in Fox River town. A three o’clock call by one of his parishioners, Sylvia Lowry, changes his life. The 75-year old widow reaches out to Father in the dead of night, and he does everything to calm her down. Sylvia is sure that her kids are out to get her, but Father Dowling convinces her that she is overreacting. When Sylvia disappears, Father Dowling starts to believe her. Sylvia’s fears turn out to be true when her lifeless body is found on the kitchen floor a few days after her disappearance. It is clear that she was murdered.
Thanks to the Sylvia case, Dowling gets another chance to meet his fellow training mate, Phil Keegan. Phil had begun training with Dowling in seminary school before he quit after just one year. Currently, Phil is the head of the local detectives and is among the best investigators in the Fox River area. The two friends team up to help solve the older woman’s murder. As the investigation intensifies, dark secrets about Sylvia’s family are discovered. Tales of greed and betrayal emerge, and the two friends leave no stone unturned in their search for justice.
Aside from Sylvia’s call to Dowling, there are many reasons why her family is in a spot. First, there is the $150,000 that mysteriously disappears from Sylvia’s account as soon as her body is discovered. The children are also not very cooperative in answering questions regarding their mother’s disappearance and subsequent death. There is the question of why the children would kill their mother, given the fact that they were also wealthy. Is it possible that Sylvia was murdered by an outsider who is working on framing the family?
Away from Sylvia’s story, this book gives the reader a glimpse of how the catholic church works. The book also focuses on the saving of souls, even when fighting for justice, and explains how a Catholic priest could make a great detective. This is not to mean that the book is unbearably religious, far from it. There is a lot of juice that even secular readers will enjoy. While most of the characters are Catholic, their ideas and arguments are not discriminatory at all. There are characters that you will love and others that you will love to hate.
Her Death of Cold is a perfect choice if you are looking for a thriller that also comes with essential life lessons. The conclusion ties all the chapters and beautifully brings an intriguing story to an end. This story is simply a delight. It is simple without being simplistic and is a perfect read for a lazy afternoon. At slightly over 200 pages, the book is short, and you can enjoy it in a single sitting.
On This Rockne
On This Rockne is the first book in the Notre Dame series. The book features Marcus Bramble, a well-to-do alumnus of the Notre Dame campus. Just like the rest of his campus-mates, Marcus has an unhealthy attachment to football. He is willing to use his wealth to keep the football culture in his former campus alive. Marcus promises to contribute $10 million if the money will go to making a memorial for the university’s legendary coach Knute Rockne. Madeline Rune, one of Notre Dame’s trustee, makes disapproving remarks about this donation. After that, she is found dead.
Marcus is among the first suspects. The other suspect is Madeline’s womanizing husband. Things take an exciting twist when Madeline’s husband also dies, and it is clear that he was also murdered. These deaths shake the Notre Dame fraternity, and the administration is keen to find out what happened. Detective Philip Knight, with the help of his brother, gets to work to try and find the killer. As they continue with their investigation, the two brothers will find themselves in the middle of a raging war between academia that wants to bury football, and a wealthy donor is who is not hearing any of this. Aside from finding out what happened to Madeline, the detectives have to prevent the murderer from laying hands on the next victim.
This is an exciting story with a solid plot and a host of interesting characters. It also highlights some of the issues that face academic institutions when it comes to balancing sports and academics. In Ralph McInerny’s style, the narration is simple, and the story is quite straightforward. Find out what happened to Madeline and her husband and the people responsible for their brutal killing. You will also see the lengths that a football fanatic is willing to go for the sake of the game. In the end, the Knight brothers will not only help resolve the murder, but they will also put to bed a matter that was threatening to bring deep cracks within the Notre Dame Campus board.
If you are a football fan, On This Rockne is a perfect read. The book comes complete with football replays and highlights that you will surely enjoy. The rest of the story is told with subtle humor. The reference to the Notre Dame campus makes this an interesting story for anyone in this university or living in the Michiana area. The characters, starting with the knight brothers to their Aunt Lucerne, are quite interesting, and it is fun to meet and learn a thing or two about them. Ralph McInerny is a talented author, and this shows throughout this story. Definitely an excellent introduction to a long and intriguing series.
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