{"product_id":"the-rosary-murders","title":"The rosary murders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The rosary murders (Hardcover, 284 pages – Andrew \u0026amp; McMeel, 1979) – Andrew \u0026amp; McMeel, 1979. Language: Eng.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCondition: Good\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A sophisticated and baffling thriller . . . a real bone-freezer.\" -Publishers Weekly \"Ingenious, witty, literate-at once irreverent and compassionate-an impressive tour indeed for a first-time novelist.\" -Los Angeles Times \"Well-paced, tightly written, exciting as hell, and, quite possibly, the best mystery I've read in years.\" -Dallas Times-Herald The Rosary Murders was William X. Kienzle's first Father Koesler mystery, published in 1978. Twenty-three more books followed, creating a best-selling mystery series mostly set in Detroit and reflecting the personality of its hero, Father Robert Koesler, a diocesan priest with a penchant for sleuthing. The Rosary Murders was named one of the top twenty-five mysteries of the twentieth century in spring 2000 by the Chicago Sun-Times. It was also made into a movie, with Donald Sutherland in the role of Father Koesler. In The Rosary Murders, Detroit priests and nuns are being methodically murdered; all are found with a plain black rosary entwined between their fingers as a calling card. From Ash Wednesday, when the murderer first struck, the police seem helpless to solve the string of senseless murders. The weeks that follow become a nightmare for the crack homicide team headed by Lieutenant Walter Koznicki, until Father Koesler breaks the madmen's code. Here is a story with tension, excitement, intelligence, and a rare wit and humor. Kienzle painstakingly leads you through every step in an intensive police investigation of heinous series of murders. Police procedure and Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporting are as much a part of the action as the crimes themselves. With superb control of the novel's movement, Kienzle can tantalize at a tortoise's pace and torment with a breakneck hare's pace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William X. Kienzle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53099526521056,"sku":"9780340245354","price":73.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/5681\/6608\/files\/31EgAhj9Q1L.jpg?v=1781707747","url":"https:\/\/medicalbook.online\/products\/the-rosary-murders","provider":"medicalbook.online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}