Blackie Ryan Series

17 primary works • 17 total works
Bestselling novelist Andrew M. Greeley has captured the imagination of the mystery reading public with the improbable Bishop Blackie Ryan, who works for the aristocratic, haughty, sometimes arrogant but often slyly good humored Sean Cardinal Cronin, the Archbishop of Chicago. At the Cardinal’s charge—“See to it, Blackwood!”—Father Blackie travels t…

Book 1

Happy Are the Meek
3.72
· 492 Ratings · 21 Reviews · published 1985 · 11 editions
The Reverend Monsignor John Blackwood Ryan, the de…
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Book 2

Happy Are the Clean of Heart
3.72
· 290 Ratings · 19 Reviews · published 1986 · 10 editions
THE FALLEN STAR lay in a death-like coma, victim o…
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Book 3

Happy Are Those Who Thirst for Justice
3.77
· 297 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1987 · 12 editions
A luxury yacht sailing the calm waters of Lake Mic…
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Book 4

Happy Are the Merciful
3.77
· 314 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1992 · 9 editions
The prosecutor who sent Clare Turner to jail for m…
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Book 5

Happy Are the Peace Makers
3.79
· 397 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1993 · 8 editions
Rich, beautiful, seductive … and suspected of murd…
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Book 6

Happy Are the Poor in Spirit
3.75
· 348 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1994 · 11 editions
Responding to a call for an exorcist, Bishop Black…
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Book 7

Happy Are Those Who Mourn
3.80
· 267 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1995 · 5 editions
1 NEW HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUST COVER
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Book 8

Happy Are the Oppressed
3.75
· 310 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1996 · 8 editions
One hundred years after the wife of tycoon Peter P…
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Book 9

The Bishop at Sea
3.89
· 345 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 1997 · 3 editions
Bishop Blackie Ryan is feeling a little out of pla…
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Book 10

The Bishop and the Three Kings
3.80
· 302 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1998 · 4 editions
A major relic - the remains of the Three Kings - i…
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Book 11

The Bishop and the Missing L Train
3.73
· 639 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2000 · 16 editions
Millions of Blackie Ryan fans will be thrilled wit…
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Book 12

The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St. Germain
3.87
· 734 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 2001 · 17 editions
The bestselling priest & novelist Andrew M. Greele…
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Book 13

The Bishop in the West Wing
3.91
· 734 Ratings · 58 Reviews · published 2002 · 18 editions
Andrew M. Greeley's bestselling sleuth meets The W…
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Book 14

The Bishop Goes to the University
3.79
· 585 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2003 · 19 editions
Bishop Black Ryan heads for a local Chicago univer…
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Book 15

The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood
3.90
· 481 Ratings · 31 Reviews · published 2005 · 11 editions
"Blackwood, there's trouble in the old neighborhoo…
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Book 16

The Bishop at the Lake
3.85
· 497 Ratings · 40 Reviews · published 2007 · 10 editions
Matters of succession lead to attempted murder in …
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Book 17

The Archbishop in Andalusia
3.79
· 414 Ratings · 47 Reviews · published 2008 · 10 editions
Taking leave of his usual Chicago haunts, Archbish…
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