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Happy Are the Oppressed

by Andrew M. Greeley · 1996

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In a riveting novel of sins and secrets, Bishop Blackie Ryan, the hero of Happy Are Those Who Mourn and Happy Are the Poor in Spirit, investigates the Cardin family—heirs to an unmatched legacy of wealth, prestige and murder. Bishop Ryan must solve a murder from the past to prevent one in the near future.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisChicagoChicagoMore like thisLess of thisIllinoisIllinoisMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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