Stained Glass — Ralph M. McInerny

Art is long…

And life is short. Word has come to Father Dowling that his beloved St. Hilary's is about to be closed. While the popular parish priest manages to take the curveballs of life -- and death -- in stride, his flock is in an uproar. Especially the church's most influential benefactor. Her grandfather commissioned a famous artist to create St. Hilary's gorgeous stained-glass windows generations ago. Now she's using her family fortune to pay a writer to showcase the artist's work and hopes to save the church.

But skeletons in the family closet start rattling with the discovery of a body hanging in a garage. The victim is misidentified until surprising details link her to the church benefactor's family. Will Father Dowling and the St. Hilary's community unearth the deepest secrets of a family, a community and a church in time to save them all?