In a collection of sixteen mystery short stories, Father Dowling, brilliant priest of the St. Hilary Church, brings his unique perspective and quiet determination to bear on each crime he encounters, leaving the guilty nowhere to hide.

Gregory Barrett, a classmate of Father Dowling's, left the priesthood twenty-five years ago. Now, after all these years, a woman threatens to bring a multimillion-dollar suit against him, alleging he sexually exploited her when he was still a priest and she was sixteen. Barrett has no memory of her, but is devastated at what these claims will do to his career as a radio host and to his new family. So he comes to Father Dowling for advice. Father Dowling,...