In the annals of mystery and crime, there are private detectives, and then there is Ishmael Slattery. Hapless and hopeless, he is the one man people turn to when they truly have nowhere else to go. Author of the Father Dowling mysteries, the Sister Emtee Dempsey mysteries, and the Notre Dame mysteries, McInerny brings us four novellas chronicling the cases of this derisive detective. Already known for his literary, amusing dialogue and down-to-earth characters, Ralph McInerny introduces another winner in this likeable loser. Slattery will delight fans of fair-play mysteries and slightly romantic crime stories both.