Andrew M. Greeley

In the aftermath of a dream about a threat to homeland security, Irish-born Nuala and her husband, Dermot, find themselves enmeshed in a conspiracy that leads them to a manuscript containing information about a tragic moment in history.

Nuala Anne McGrail, a fey, Irish-speaking woman blessed with the gift of second sight, and her husband and accomplice, Dermot Michael Coyne, investigate the brutal beating of Finnbar Burke, the "nice fella" with whom their shy, golden-haired nanny has fallen in love, who is found floating in the Chicago River. Set in late nineteenth-century Chicago.

A student in 1940s Notre Dame University gets into trouble for taking a photograph of his girlfriend in a bikini. She is also a drinker and when beer bottles are found under his bed he is expelled. The two reunite at the University of Chicago.

"It's beginning to look a lot like an American Christmas: irritable, unpleasant relatives; horrible weather, miserable travel; a slobbering dog - and one Jack Flanigan, "a harmless American of Irish origins," who is reluctantly but totally falling in love - with one Odessa Tatiana Alekseevna Shuskulya, a young woman from Russia who's studying at Harvard. (Jack, of course, is attending Boston College, the Jesuits' hangout in Chestnut Hill.)"--BOOK...

The Great Mysteries responds with passion and skill to the growing concerns of spiritual seekers and teachers of the Catholic faith. In radical, refreshing fashion, Greeley explores 12 essential questions of faith and grounds them in human experience. With the skill of a master storyteller and the passion of a deep believer, Greeley contemplates questions at the heart of human life-is there any purpose in my life? Are there any grounds for hope? Why...

A priest, raised for the calling, struggles with the pain of choice after he renounces his priesthood.

Accompanied by his long-suffering but devoted wife, Rosemarie, trouble-prone Chucky Cronin O'Malley becomes embroiled in the turbulent events of the 1960s.

Lifelong friends and occasional rivals, Kevin Brennan and Patrick Donahue enter seminary together, but their lives soon diverge dramatically. Intellectual and independent, Kevin achieves success as a scholar but often finds himself at odds with his superiors in the church. And his unwavering principles threaten to cut him off from those closest to him, including the former sweetheart he has never forgotten. By contrast, the ambitious Patrick rises...

Dermot Coyne travels to Ireland to discover why his grandparents secretly fled during the Troubles, where he is aided in his search by the lovely Nuala McGrail, a student.

When an explosion rocks Ann's art gallery, the Deputy Superintendent of Police who is an old boyfriend, comes to investigate.