Not a Creature War Stirring

Gregor Demarkian gets a mysterious assignment. His priest, Timor, asks him to visit Bryn Mawr millionaire. This wealthy and eccentric man has shown Timor a suitcase filled with $100,000 and says it's his if he convinces the retired FBI agent to spend the evening at his mansion on the Main Line. But when Gregor gets there the driveway is filled with police cars and a full-scale murder investigation is under way. His host is dead and everybody has good reasons to rejoice. The first in a series from which I learned everything I know about Armenian-Americans, their Philadelphia neighborhood, their church, and their food. Book first published in 1990.