Getting a Way with Murder by Ralph McInerny

Although these mysteries have been published for a long time. This is the first one I've read with Father Dowling. Ralph McInerny made his characters interesting including the detectives. This mystery is mostly about insurance claims and embezzlment and of course, murder. I found the explanations for embezzlement very interesting. Since I've never really understood anything about insurances, that part went a bit over my head. Still, I understood that people can use a false person's name over and over again and then, retrieve the money themselves.

I would have liked a better or more specific description of Father Dowling. Perhaps, I will get to know him better in the earlier novels. This novel is the ninth in the series. Plus, I didn't get a clear picture of Fox River. The mystery had the power to draw me back to the present. I remembered a recent money theft of big money which left people reeling with feelings of being scammed and once rich now broke.It was painful to watch the people who were involved by accident in this White Collar crime.

I was shocked how many people were murdered in this one tiny novel. Anyway, I enjoyed it. Liked Sally Wise, Patricia and Downs, etc. Will look forward to reading another Father Dowling mystery.fantasticfictionralph-mcinerny/