|
|
Bishop M
The Bishop and The Missing L Train (A Father Blackie Ryan Mystery)
List Price:
$6.99
Price: $1.42
You Save: $5.57 (80%)
Description
Millions of Blackie Ryan fans will be thrilled with his return in this exciting novel of mystery and suspense. Bestselling novelist Andrew M. Greeley has captured the imagination of the mystery reading public with the improbable Bishop Blackie Ryan, who works for the aristocratic, haughty, sometimes arrogant but often slyly good humored Sean Cardinal Cronin, the Archbishop of Chicago.
The Vatican has just assigned auxiliary Bishop Gus Quill to the Archdiocese of Chicago over the violent protests of Archbishop Sean Cronin, and the not so silent protests of Bishop Blackie. Bishop Quill is under the illusion, one might say delusion, that he has been sent from Rome to replace the good Cardinal when in fact Rome was dying to get rid of him because of his incompetence. Immediately on arriving in Chicago, he manages to disappear while riding the L Train and it is up to Blackie to find him. As the Cardinal says, "The Vatican does not like to lose bishops, even auxiliaries."
And thus begins the search for the missing bishop who no one really wants to find.
Of course, none of this is too much for the intrepid little Bishop Ryan. He faces these problems squarely and, with the kind of deductive mind reminiscent of G.K Chesterton's Father Brown, manages to find solutions to some of the most baffling mysteries he has ever encountered.
The Bishop and the Missing L Train is the ninth entry in Andrew Greeley's deservedly popular Father Blackie Ryan series. Auxiliary Bishop Augustus Quill, recently posted to the Chicago Archdiocese, could not be described as a loved man. His nickname, bestowed upon him by fellow seminarians, is "Idiot." Despite his relatively high position, one that implies significant intelligence, wit, piety, and compassion, the man seems lacking in all departments save piety. In fact, so disliked is Quill that someone is willing to stop at nothing--at least nothing short of absconding with an entire subway car, bishop included--to keep him from his appointed rounds. Sean Cardinal Cronin, the Archbishop of Chicago, is no more a fan of Quill's than anyone. Still, the act of losing a bishop (or, more precisely, not retrieving an absconded-with bishop) would not be smiled upon by Rome. Fortunately for Cronin (and fans of humorous, clever, well-written amateur-sleuth mysteries everywhere), Bishop Blackie Ryan is on his side. "We cannot permit this, Blackwood!" "Indeed." "Auxiliary bishops do not slip into the fourth dimension, not in this archdiocese." "Patently." "Especially they do not disappear on L trains that also disappear, right?" "Right!" "You yourself have said that we will be the prime suspects, have you not? Don't we have powerful reasons for wanting to get rid of him?" "Arguably," I sighed. "However, as you well know, in the best traditions of the Sacred College we would have dispatched Idiot with poison." As with any amateur sleuth worth the paper he's written on, Ryan has a cadre of variously talented (and oft-related) professionals--cops, psychologists, reporters, etc.--at his beck and call. And good thing, too, for there are that many and more likely suspects--about the same number, arguably, as there are reasons to devour the entire Ryan series. The Bishop and the Missing L Train is another ecclesiastical lulu. --Michael Hudson
North Star
List Price:
$4.99
Description
Caresse Aldana is chosen to persuade Psyche’s dangerously handsome editor-in-chief, Graham Sheridan, to feature an article on the Mason Community Center. She tells herself it’s just business. She thought her heart wasn’t in jeopardy, but she clearly underestimated Graham’s charm, and his determination to win her heart. As their passion intensifies, disturbing mishaps at the Center place Caresse’s life in danger. The highly anticipated Mason Ball fundraiser is in peril. Can Graham decipher the evidence, finger the culprits, and save Caresse before it’s too late?
Caresse Aldana is chosen to persuade Psyche’s dangerously handsome editor-in-chief, Graham Sheridan, to feature an article on the Mason Community Center. She tells herself it’s just business. She thought her heart wasn’t in jeopardy, but she clearly underestimated Graham’s charm, and his determination to win her heart. As their passion intensifies, disturbing mishaps at the Center place Caresse’s life in danger. The highly anticipated Mason Ball fundraiser is in peril. Can Graham decipher the evidence, finger the culprits, and save Caresse before it’s too late?
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)
List Price:
$94.95
Price: $59.34
You Save: $35.61 (38%)
Description
This is the first textbook on pattern recognition to present the Bayesian viewpoint. The book presents approximate inference algorithms that permit fast approximate answers in situations where exact answers are not feasible. It uses graphical models to describe probability distributions when no other books apply graphical models to machine learning. No previous knowledge of pattern recognition or machine learning concepts is assumed. Familiarity with multivariate calculus and basic linear algebra is required, and some experience in the use of probabilities would be helpful though not essential as the book includes a self-contained introduction to basic probability theory.
The Bishop in the West Wing: A Bishop Blackie Ryan Novel (Blackie Ryan Novels)
List Price:
$6.99
Price: $1.99
You Save: $5.00 (72%)
Description
Andrew M. Greeley’s bestselling sleuth meets The West Wing . . .
Blackie Ryan gets a call from his friend, the newly-elected Democratic president Jack Patrick McGurn—whom the media has seen fit to call “Machine Gun McGurn”—but of course the call is interrupted by Blackie’s boss, the autocratic Cardinal Cronin. Cronin, without consulting Blackie, sends him off to the White House to solve a poltergeist problem. Ghosts in the White House? Of course.
Blackie encounters a great deal more than ghosts; an evil spirit out to get the President, a right wing conspiracy, and four beautiful women, any one of whom could be contributing to the mischief in the West Wing.
How Blackie solves the problem of the ghosts and the conspiracy, and perhaps even finds a beautiful wife for the lonely, recently widowed President makes The Bishop in the West Wing the best Blackie Ryan novel yet.
The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain (A Father Blackie Ryan Mystery)
List Price:
$6.99
Price: $2.15
You Save: $4.84 (69%)
Description
The bestselling priest & novelist Andrew M. Greeley continues the tales of the intrepid Bishop Blackie Ryan with this absorbing & suspenseful mystery, set in France, of a missing beloved television priest.
Not just an ordinary priest but a priest/television superstar, idolized by the people of France, loved by everyone except, of course the French hierarchy, the church, state and the Paris television community.
The Archbishop of Paris, familiar with Bishop Blackie Ryan's impressive sleuthing skills, asks Blackie's boss, the Archbishop of Chicago Sean Cardinal Cronin, for help in finding this missing priest. As usual, Cardinal Cronin resolves the matter with a brusque "See to it, Blackie."
In Paris, Blackie meets a young and beautiful woman begging for money at the door of the church of St-Germain-des-Prés. When he hires her as a translator, she turns out to be an excellent Dr. Watson and a brilliant musician as well. She is at his side as Blackie learns that neither the Church nor the police are eager to have the saintly priest returned, and once the public discovers the disappearance of their beloved priest, the miracles start-and nothing scares the Church more than miracles.
Undaunted, Blackie and his beautiful sidekick defy uncooperative Paris police, an unbending church, and reluctant witnesses to find the bizarre solution to one of the most fascinating puzzles he has ever encountered.
The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood: A Bishop Blackie Ryan Novel
List Price:
$24.95
Price: $3.99
You Save: $20.96 (84%)
Description
"Blackwood, there's trouble in the old neighborhood! Murder in the sanctuary of the Church!"
The church in question is St. Lucy's, a humble edifice at the heart of a venerable Chicago neighborhood now suffering the throes of gentrification. St. Lucy's has long stood as a bulwark against evil and change, which some in the community have often seen as much the same thing.
Now three dead bodies have been left in the sanctuary, stripped, mutilated, and shot through the head, execution-style. A warning to those who would remake the neighborhood---or to St. Lucy's charismatic monsignor, who has made a few enemies of his own?
Dispatched by his cardinal to investigate, Bishop "Blackie" Ryan fears that the atrocious murders are only the beginning of a campaign of terror directed at this particular church. But to solve the mystery, and to banish the evil gathering over the community, Blackie will need an unexpected assist from his own long-dead father, as well as the help of Declan O'Donnell, a savvy young cop with a touch of the second sight, and of Camilla Datilo, a radiant assistant state's attorney of Sicilian origins.
The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood is another charming and compelling page-turner by bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley.
Bishop M News
Hill Physicians posts $4.4M loss - Bizjournals.com
Bizjournals.com, NC - Feb 08, 5729
Hill Physicians posts $4.4M lossHill and PriMed, which provide contracting and administrative services for those independent doctors, completed a move to a new headquarters at Bishop Ranch 9 in San Ramon last month, consolidating more than 350 central office employees at 2409 Camino
|
GBI finds employment of congressman's kin legal
The Associated Press - Feb 08, 1617
The investigation was launched after an internal audit of the program in February revealed more than $7000 was deposited into the account of Bishop's wife on behalf of her son-in-law, Stephen M. Reese, according to Columbus city attorneys. Archive: Bishop spends $25000 on legal fees
|
Softball: Amy Leal stands tall in Bishop Stang win - South Coast Today
South Coast Today, MA - Feb 08, 3472
Softball: Amy Leal stands tall in Bishop Stang win"I hear I'm very intimidating," Leal said after limiting Middleboro to six hits, two over the final six innings. "That's what they tell me, I'm intimidating." Stand next to her and Leal's stature is immediately noticeable. Middleboro softball team knocked out of tournament
|
Locals optimistic about incoming bishop - Republican & Herald
Republican & Herald, PA - Feb 08, 9577
Allentown Morning CallLocals optimistic about incoming bishopI have been asking (the late) Bishop (Thomas) Welsh to pray for us that among other wonderful shepherd's qualities, he would be a big Catholic school supporter,” Spaetti said. “I'm hoping that we will find in this bishop someone who appreciates the New bishop of Allentown Diocese described by friends, colleagues Del. priest named bishop of Pa. diocese Beloved Wilmington priest named bishop of Allentown diocese
|
Bishop returns to birthplace - Pensacola News Journal
Pensacola News Journal, FL - Feb 08, 6653
Bishop returns to birthplaceJefferts Schori is visiting at the invitation of Bishop Philip M. Duncan II, who leads the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast, which includes Pensacola and Mobile. "I've known her for nine years," Duncan said. "She is very bright,
|
|
-
-
-
More authors
-
Authors A to Z
|