"His Lordship"

A government minister is murdered. His widow becomes a suspect. Bishop Conor Mahon, a neighbor and one familiar with both, has his own suspicions. As he struggles to come to grips with the tragedy, Conor Mahon must overcome his doubts. Once heralded as the next archbishop of Dublin, he begins to question the church and his ability to submit to its authority. As the murder investigation heads towards a resolution, there emerges an understanding and a shared outlook between the widow and the bishop. At once a political thriller and a work of philosophical and social inquiry, Colm Luibhéid's novel offers a poignant and wide-eyed treatment of subjects rarely examined in Irish fiction.