Desert sinner : a Father Dowling mystery

""The Wilson case was delightful fare for the gossip-addicted-a Vegas showgirl lucks out and marries an impossibly rich aging playboy, takes out a large insurance policy ... then kills him. Lots of people are intrigued by Stacey Wilson, her crime and her confession, including Father Roger Dowling. And why is that handsome young man calculatedly wooing police captain Phil Keegan's love-struck secretary? Is it as innocent as it seems? Father Dowling believes that Stacey Wilson was wrongfully convicted. And that what lies beneath the surface of an open-and-shut case will prove deadly ..."--BOOK COVER."@en
""Desert Sinner is the fifteenth mystery to feature Roger Dowling, the shrewd and compassionate priest of Fox River, Illinois. Ralph McInerny's novels are known for their subtle humor, humanity, grasp of religious issues, and Dowling's instinctively accurate sleuthing. In Desert Sinner, a former Las Vegas showgirl named Stacey Wilson is jailed for the murder of her husband, Marvin, a rich playboy whose marriage to the showgirl was a local scandal. Stacey staunchly claims innocence; despite a life sentence, she refuses to disclose her whereabouts on the murder day. While the police see the case as closed, Father Dowling, uncomfortable with the verdict, privately seeks the truth. Sin, innocence, and their linked consequences are played out by a varied cast of characters, in an absorbing plot that Father Dowling's readers will enjoy" -- from dust jacket flap."