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True confessions : a novel

When an unidentified murder victim found cut in two is nicknamed The Virgin Tramp, ambitious Monsignor Desmond Spellacy of the Los Angeles archdiocese and homicide detective Tom Spellacy are among those whose lives are affected.

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  • "When an unidentified murder victim found cut in two is nicknamed The Virgin Tramp, ambitious Monsignor Desmond Spellacy of the Los Angeles archdiocese and homicide detective Tom Spellacy are among those whose lives are affected."@en
  • "Loosely based on the "Black Dahlia" case, this novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II centers on two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy. Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The murder investigation of an unidentified murder victim provides the background against which are played the ever changing loyalties of the two brothers."@en
  • "In 1940s Los Angeles, an unidentified murder victim is found bisected in a shadowy lot. A catchy nickname is given her in jest??The Virgin Tramp"?and suddenly a?nice little homicide that would have drifted off the front pages in a couple of days" becomes a storm center. Two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy, are at the heart of this powerful novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II. Played in the film version by Robert Duvall and Robert De Niro respectively, Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The murder investigation page."@en
  • "Loosely based on the "Black Dahlia" case, this novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II centers on two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy. Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The investigation of an unidentified murder victim whose bisected body is found in a vacant lot in the shadow of the Los Angeles Coliseum provides the background against which are played the ever changing loyalties of the two brothers."

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Screenplays"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "True confessions : a novel"@en
  • "True confessions : a novel"
  • "True confessions"@en
  • "True confessions"
  • "Confesiones verdaderas"
  • "Confesiones verdaderas"@es
  • "Sanglantes confidences"
  • "True confessions : screenplay"
  • "True confessions : screenplay"@en
  • "True confessions a novel"@en
  • "TRUE CONFESSIONS"

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