Henry Carter Hull

"From first page to last ... an engrossing novel" of betrayal and espionage on a colonial outpost during World War II ( The New York Times ). In a British colony in West Africa, Henry Scobie is a pious and righteous man of modest means enlisted with securing borders. But when he's passed over for a promotion as commissioner of police, the humiliation hits hardest for his wife, Louise. Already oppressed by the appalling climate, frustrated in a loveless...

Kienzle's ninth may be hailed as his most complex and finest mystery. -Publishers Weekly "... good character analysis and a tantalizing story make this one of Kienzle's best." -Library Journal "As Kienzle addresses serious modern issues, he stops to digress and tell his wonderful stories. He always plays fair with readers, though, providing a neat solution with a twist." -Chicago Tribune It's curtains for Ridley Groendal. When the performing arts...

The realistic setting, discussions of theology and humanism add to the appealing the author's new urbane, witty mystery.-Publishers Weekly Score another direct hit by Father Koesler and William Kienzle." -Kansas City Star In Deathbed, the eighth book in a series by acclaimed mystery writer William X. Kienzle, Father Robert Koesler takes on a temporary tour of duty as chaplain in a Detroit hospital whose dark passageways lead eventually to murder....

Ellen Grier and her family move in with her in-laws to help take care of them, and she begins to feel like she is losing her identity.

An extraordinary tale of justice and morality . . . -Otto Penzler, Edgar Award Winner and Owner of the Mysterious Bookshop, New York City "... another dandy tale of homicide with an ecclesiastic twist . . . a fast-moving plot with amusing sidelights." -New York Daily News "Every time I open a book, I hope this one is going to be really smashing, exciting, outstanding. This one is. Death Wears a Red Hat is the kind of mystery that I read the others...

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...

Kienzle's are the best books ever written about a cleric and among the best of everything in the past quarter century. -Otto Penzler, in Mystery Magazine "There are few authors whose books a reader anticipates from the moment he finished the last effort. . . . Add William Kienzle to the list." -Dallas Times Herald "Father Koesler is on the case, thank God." -Baltimore Sun In the fourth Father Koesler thriller, William X. Kienzle proved his versatility....

A Guide for Exploring the Horizons of Your Heart More people than ever find themselves unfulfilled by merely material abundance and prosperity. More people than ever find their hearts yearning for some kind of satisfaction beyond swiping right or going viral. This is because the human soul was made for more than video games, social media, SMS messages, and flashy distractions. This book, written with the warmth, sincerity, and clarity characteristic...