title: The Fundamentals of Murder
author:  William F. Love 
description: When the Lord sent Jerry Fanning to New York City to convert sinners, the young Oklahoma fundamentalist had no idea that he'd soon be jailed for strangling three prostitutes and a model on four successive Fridays in Times Square. But Jerry has not been abandoned. Racing to the rescue are two rising stars on the investigative scene--the paraplegic Bishop Regan (more Nero Wolfe than Father Dowling) and his ex-cop assistant, Davey Goldman, "a Jew ( and an atheist)"--introduced in The Chartreuse Clue. Despite occasional lapses in pace and a predictable solution, this ecumenical whodunit by a former Benedictine monk and banker is a brisk, diverting read with a smashing climax. <br />Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  # A Book of Remarkable Criminals
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### H. B. Irving
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  TO MY FRIEND
  
  
  E. V. LUCAS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "For violence and hurt tangle every man in their toils,
  
  
  and for the most part fall on the head of him from whom
  
  
  they had their rise; nor is it easy for one who by his
  
  
  act breaks the common pact of peace to lead a calm
  
  
  and quiet life."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Lucretius: On the Nature of Things._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Introduction
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  "The silent workings, and still more the explosions, of human
  
  
  passion which bring to light the darker elements of man's nature
  
  
  present to the philosophical observer considerations of intrinsic
  
  
  interest; while to the jurist, the study of human nature and
  
  
  human character with its infinite varieties, especially as
  
  
  affecting the connection between motive and action, between
  
  
  irregular desire or evil disposition and crime itself, is equally
  
  
  indispensable and difficult."-