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Ralph M. McInerny

    24. únor 1929 – 29. leden 2010

    Tento autor proslul především jako tvůrce kněze Dowlinga a jeho detektivních příběhů. Jeho rozsáhlé dílo čerpá z jeho hlubokého zájmu o katolickou teologii a filozofii, což se projevuje v hloubce a komplexnosti jeho postav. Ve svých dílech zkoumá morální dilemata a duchovní otázky s jedinečným vhledem. Jeho psaní je oceňováno pro svou intelektuální ostrost a schopnost proniknout do složitosti lidské povahy.

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    Die Strohwitwe
    Signet Mystery: Tales of Obsession
    A Sensitive Case; Savings and Loam; The Lady of the Labyrinth
    The Third Revelation
    Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking
    • The Third Revelation

      • 323 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      An astounding miracle. Two vicious murders. A secret that could change the world. The Rosary Chronicles begin. Retired CIA operative Vincent Traeger spent years working undercover in Rome. But when the Vatican’s Secretary of State is brutally murdered along with a prefect of the Vatican Library, Traeger must not only solve the murders, but fight an unseen enemy and navigate a treacherous maze through history, faith, and his own past if he is ever to discover the astonishing truth.

      The Third Revelation2009
      2,7
    • Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking

      • 160 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení

      Whether regarded as a science, an art, or a skill{u2013}and it can properly be regarded as all three{u2013}logic is the basis of our ability to think, analyze, argue, and communicate. Indeed, logic goes to the very core of what we mean by human intelligence. In this concise, crisply readable book, distinguished professor D.Q. McInerny offers an indispensable guide to using logic to advantage in everyday life. Written explicitly for the layperson, McInerny{u2019}s Being Logical promises to take its place beside Strunk and White{u2019}s The Elements of Style as a classic of lucid, invaluable advice

      Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking2005
      3,7
    • Signet Mystery: Tales of Obsession

      Mystery Stories of Fatal Attractions and Deadly Desires

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Fourteen spine-tingling stories of suspense include P. D. James's ""The Victim,"" in which a gorgeous celebrity uses her infatuated ex-husband as a murder weapon, and tales by Ruth Rendell, Patricia Highsmith, and other authors.CONTENTSA Man Around the House by Nancy PickardA Glowing Future by Ruth RendellCatalyst by Evan HunterDeath of a Romance Writer by Joan HessBy the Time You Read This by Larry S. HokeAll At Once, No Alice by Cornell WoolrichI Don’t Do Divorce Cases by David JusticeKilling Howard by Ralph McInernyThe Victim by P.D. JamesThe Brothers by Lawrence TreatBreakfast Television by Robert BarnardA Letter Too Late by Henry SlesarThe Betrayers by Stanley EllinThe Perfect Alibi by Patricia Highsmith

      Signet Mystery: Tales of Obsession1994