{"product_id":"9781449423650","title":"Deathbed: The Father Koesler Mysteries: Book 8","description":"\"The realistic setting, discussions of theology and humanism add to the appealing the author's new urbane, witty mystery.—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Score another direct hit by Father Koesler and William Kienzle.\" —\u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDeathbed\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. But along the way, the antics of a security guard, a few nurse's aides, and a bumbling volunteer lead to madcap mayhem in a deft (and daft) counterpoint to the unfolding mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeathbed\u003c\/i\u003e follows the tracks of at least four people in St. Vincent's Hospital in Detroit whose rancor toward a single individual is so great it could translate into violence. The object of their wrath is an indomitable, unsinkable nun in her late sixties who almost single-handedly keeps the inner-city Detroit hospital open.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Father Koesler begins to learn what really goes on in a hospital, he discovers that St. Vincent's beds are used for more than convalescence. And in the Keystone Kop-like gropings in dim corridors, the real question becomes, Who's doing what to whom?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155438420208,"sku":"9781449423650","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449423650_p0.jpg?v=1763830180","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449423650","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}