{"product_id":"book-1wob","title":"The Rosary Murders","description":"\u003cb\u003eWilliam X. Kienzle's series of best-selling mysteries feature Father Robert Koesler as a Roman Catholic priest whose intuitiveness and caring nature lead him to an unusual calling: solving mysteries, mostly of the murderous kind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sophisticated and baffling thriller … a real bone-freezer.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ingenious, witty, literate—at once irreverent and compassionate—an impressive tour indeed for a first-time novelist.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well-paced, tightly written, exciting as hell, and, quite possibly, the best mystery I've read in years.\" —\u003ci\u003eDallas Times-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rosary Murders \u003c\/i\u003ewas 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.\u003ci\u003e The Rosary Murders\u003c\/i\u003e was named one of the top twenty-five mysteries of the twentieth century in spring 2000 by the \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e. It was also made into a movie, with Donald Sutherland in the role of Father Koesler.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Rosary Murders\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith superb control of the novel's movement, Kienzle can tantalize at a tortoise's pace and torment with a breakneck hare's pace.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67227761443120,"sku":"BD1wob","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1wob","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}