Father Koesler mysteries
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Author
Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel, Inc
Pub. Date
©1979.
Language
English
Description
Wily, young, and worldly Father Robert Koesler faces agonizing choices as he becomes involved in the events of a dead priest and a dead nun.
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
©1980
Language
English
Description
For the second time, Fr. Koesler is involved in a murder investigation. It begins when a criminal's head is found hanging from a church ceiling.
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
c1981
Language
English
Description
The monsignor is missing if anyone finds him alive it'll be a miracle. A Fr. Robert Koesler mystery.
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 4
Description
In the fourth Father Koesler thriller, William X. Kienzle proved his versatility. Assault with Intent combines raucous humor with the same clever plotting and strong characterization that are his trademark. Murphy's Law seems to be the only force preventing four arcane conspirators from accomplishing their murderous plans to assassinate priests teaching in Detroit's seminaries. Incredibly, each of their attacks is thwarted by strange coincidence and...
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
©1983
Language
English
Description
A mystery writers' conference gets a dose of real-life crime when the featured speaker, the wildly unpopular Reverend Klaus Krieg, is killed, and Father Koesler must enlist the aid of Alonzo "Zoo" Tully to catch a killer.
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
©1984
Language
English
7) Sudden death
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Andrews, McMeel & Parker
Pub. Date
©1985
Language
English
Description
When Hank "the Hun" Hunsinger, the thirty-seven-year old Pontiac Cougars tight end, is found murdered, Fr. Koestler sets the investigation on the God Squad, a bible study group of which he and Hunsinger are members.
8) Deathbed
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Andrews, McMeel & Parker
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Author
Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 9
Description
It's curtains for Ridley Groendal. When the performing arts critic for the Detroit Suburban Reporter dies suddenly, insiders know he could have choked on his own rage. Having returned to Detroit from a vituperative career at the prestigious New York Herald, Groendal was known to have destroyed more than a few reputations with his vicious criticism. Was his death an act of revenge? If so, at least four of his victims had ample motive. Was it Dave Palmer,...
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Father Koesler mysteries volume 10
Description
"Readers will be turning the pages into the wee hours of the night, trying to solve the mystery along with Tully and Koesler." -West Coast Review of Books Has the Detroit Police Department found the perpetrator of one of the most gruesome serial murders in Detroit's history-the brutal mutilation of prostitutes? Father Robert Koesler has a special interest in solving one of the most challenging cases in his career. In this tenth Kienzle mystery, Koesler-Detroit's...
11) Eminence
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 11
Description
When a priest and four religious brothers establish the Congregation of St. Stephen, a quasi-monastery in an abandoned bank building in downtown Detroit, their flock swells, along with their bank account. The first big depositor is Mrs. Anne Whitehead, wife of philanthropist and philanderer Emery Whitehead. After Father Robert-the monastery's leader-blesses her with a holy relic, her sight is restored after years of blindness. Word of the so-called...
12) Masquerade
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
13) Chameleon
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
c1991
Language
English
14) Body count
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
15) Dead wrong
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
16) Bishop as pawn
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Father Koesler sets out to find the killer of Bishop Ramon Diego who was bludgeoned to death. The priest is convinced the police were too hasty in arresting the bishop's aide, a former missionary, so they could look good.
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
"Kienzle has written another supremely intelligent puzzler featuring his perceptive priest, Father Robert Koesler, and bolstered by a strong cast of engaging supporting characters." —Booklist
"Father Koesler is on the case, thank God." —Baltimore Sun
From William X. Kienzle, author of the classic mystery, The Rosary Murders.
A visit from the pope is cause for celebration for most members of the Catholic community,
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 18
Description
From William X. Kienzle, author of the classic mystery, The Rosary Murders. Everyone at the wake seemed to agree on one thing: The deceased, Dr. Moses Green, was a totally reprehensible person. As they confide in Father Robert Koesler, their stories about the newly dead man poured out venomously. What might have been a simple, if nontraditional, Catholic wake for the Jewish doctor quickly turned into a maelstrom of animosity. Certainly Jake Cameron...
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Author
Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Pub
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
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No greater love , Father Koesler mysteries volume 21
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22) Till Death
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Father Koesler mysteries volume 22
Description
From William X. Kienzle, author of the mystery classic, The Rosary Murders. The priesthood or Lil. It would be a gut-wrenching decision for Rick. Sixty-year-old Father Rick Casserly, the much loved, socially conscious pastor at St. William of Thierry Church, and Lillian "Lil" Niedermeir, the principal at nearby St. Enda's elementary school, share a common bond. They are secret lovers, driven into the closet by the Catholic Church's position on the...
23) The Sacrifice
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 23
Description
When Father George Wheatley decided to convert from the Anglican Church to the Roman Catholic, he thought he had painstakingly considered the sacrifices he would have to make. He knew his celebrity status as a beloved Anglican priest, evidenced by his newspaper column and radio show, would be in jeopardy. He understood the strain the change would put on his wife and children and the challenges he would face to be accepted as a married Roman Catholic...
24) The gathering
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Series
Father Koesler mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Pub
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
