'Decidedly More Deadly" is a mystery with a hint of the British cozy, but it is mainly an American detective story. The wife of a prominent physician was found both stabbed through the heart and shot through the head. The shot to the head was administered postmortem. The body of a second woman was also found. She held a pistol, but it had not been discharged. The solution to this mystery takes our detective, Ignatius M. Goode, from Louisvile through Chicago, Indianapolis, and Merida, Mexico. Along the way he must deal with an obsequious doctor/client; a sinister businessman/syndicate boss; a...

In 'Maxima Culpa', three priests have died at times convenient to Father Jerome Stevens' advancement in the Church. Unable to accept these deaths as the Will of God, he has become extremely distraught and has concluded that Satan has a sinister plan to advance him in the Church only to have him do it harm. His friend, Father Francis Goode, asks his detective brother, Ig Goode, to inquire into these deaths to show that no priests have been murdered. Ig uncovers circumstantial evidence that one priest was murdered and locates a suspect. His confidant and mentor from graduate school, Dr. J. L....