Notorious: A Vespertine Mystery

by Mark Dooley

In gold rush San Francisco, the destitute seek the assistance of the Women's Benevolent Society. The truly desperate require the assistance of the society's notary, Vespertine Clement. Mrs. Adler coerces her to prove a fallen woman innocent of an infamous crime. The mob found her kneeling over a corpse with blood smeared on her mouth and hands. Vespertine, with the assistance of the amiably corrupt Sgt. Cuinn, has four days to solve the crime before an innocent woman hangs.

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Published August 16, 2021

About the author

Mark Dooley is an Irish philosopher, writer, journalist, public speaker and academic. He is also a regular radio broadcaster and guest of TV shows, and has in addition served as a speech writer. He has led a journalistic and an academic career simultaneously. He is a specialist of continental philosophy, philosophy of religion and theology. He wrote a study of Søren Kierkegaard's ethical, religious and cultural insights, and then moved on to interrogating conceptions of God and ethics, which led to the publication of two collections of essays. He then published a monograph on Roger Scruton and a collection of Scruton's texts, and was called by the Catholic hierarchy in Ireland to write about the ways forward for the Irish Catholic Church in the wake of the abuse revelations. In Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming, he develops his own philosophy and outlines his intellectual journey for the first time. Meanwhile, he is also a regular guest on the Irish radio and a columnist. [Wikipedia]