Irish Alibi
A Mystery Set at the University of Notre Dame
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Bouchercon Lifetime Achievement Award winner Ralph McInerny's Irish Alibi is a great addition to this stellar series, in which the past, no matter how distant, is never forgotten and always poised to rise again.
With the Fighting Irish set to square off against Georgia Tech, Roger Knight, the rotund professor of Catholic studies, and his brother Philip, a semi-retired P.I., know that Notre Dame fans will be out in force. The faithful swear that on game day the entire campus comes alive to cheer on the football team, and they don't have to look any further than Touchdown Jesus or Fair Catch Corby, a statue of a Civil War chaplain who seems to be signaling another pass completion, for proof, misguided as it may be.
But this year, this friendly and sometimes heated North-South rivalry turns downright hostile when Notre Dame's ties to the Union during the Civil War are dug up, and two students, brothers and Southern gentlemen, are spurred to defend their honor with a prank nearly 150 years after the fact. While they both admit to being the culprit, only one of them could've actually committed the vandalism. But which one? By stretching one alibi over two people, they may dodge expulsion. But then they become suspects in a seemingly unrelated murder case that the Knights must solve, or else getting thrown out will be the least of the boys' problems.
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Notre Dame faces its football rival Georgia Tech, and the campus is packed, but there's plenty of action off the field in McInerny's rollicking 11th collegiate mystery (after 2006's The Letter Killeth). Roger Knight, a professor of Catholic studies, and his PI brother, Philip, are ready for the onslaught of alums from both schools, but not for the events that call up the revival of Southern distaste for Notre Dame's position during the Civil War. Before the weekend is over, two students seeking revenge for the South have committed a prank that could lead to their expulsion, and their alibi makes them prime suspects when a woman is found murdered in a local motel. Naturally, Roger and Philip take the case. The wit and wisdom of the two brothers and vivid descriptions of the Notre Dame campus enhance a twisty plot that will delight McInerny's devoted fans.
