The Devil to Play
(1974)(The tenth book in the Father Bredder series)
A novel by Leonard Holton (Leonard Wibberley)
When Father Bredder gets involved with murder--Heaven only knows what will happen next...
When a baseball player is shot in the middle of a big game, Father Bredder is hired by the team to solve the case. Before he is done, he has to clear the name of a murdered priest accused of dealing drugs and save the soul of a young girl--all before the opening pitch of the World Series.
"You can get hooked on God," Father Bredder says, "like you can on heroin. You can't get away from Him."
Named "A Red Badge Novel of Suspense" alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh Pentecost, The Father Bredder Mysteries, written by Leonard Wibberley--author of The Mouse That Roared--under the pen name Leonard Holton, inspired a television show starring George Kennedy.
Also available in Boxed Sets for Books 1-3, Books 4-6, and Books 7-9.
The Father Bredder Mystery Series by Leonard Holton
The Complete Series Now Available on Kindle
The Saint Maker
A Pact with Satan
Secret of the Doubting Saint
Deliver Us from Wolves
Flowers by Request
Out of the Depths
A Touch of Jonah
A Problem in Angels
The Mirror of Hell
The Devil to Play
A Corner of Paradise
Genre: Mystery
When a baseball player is shot in the middle of a big game, Father Bredder is hired by the team to solve the case. Before he is done, he has to clear the name of a murdered priest accused of dealing drugs and save the soul of a young girl--all before the opening pitch of the World Series.
"You can get hooked on God," Father Bredder says, "like you can on heroin. You can't get away from Him."
Named "A Red Badge Novel of Suspense" alongside Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Hugh Pentecost, The Father Bredder Mysteries, written by Leonard Wibberley--author of The Mouse That Roared--under the pen name Leonard Holton, inspired a television show starring George Kennedy.
Also available in Boxed Sets for Books 1-3, Books 4-6, and Books 7-9.
The Father Bredder Mystery Series by Leonard Holton
The Complete Series Now Available on Kindle
The Saint Maker
A Pact with Satan
Secret of the Doubting Saint
Deliver Us from Wolves
Flowers by Request
Out of the Depths
A Touch of Jonah
A Problem in Angels
The Mirror of Hell
The Devil to Play
A Corner of Paradise
Genre: Mystery
Used availability for Leonard Wibberley's The Devil to Play