Audiobook Review: Now and Then, Amen by Jon Cleary

Audiobook Review: Now and Then, Amen by Jon Cleary

by Carol3 Comments
Title: Now and Then, Amen (Scobie Malone #5) Author: Jon Cleary Reader: Shaun Grindell Category: Mystery Audio published: May 1, 2013 by AudioGo (First published 1988) Rating: 3½ out of 5 stars Add: Goodreads Purchase: Amazon | AudioGo A nun is found murdered on the steps of the Quality Couch, Sydney's most expensive house of ill repute. She is Sister Mary Magdalene, an idealistic young woman who previously had worked at a mission in Nicaragua. Detective Inspector Scobie Malone, that most human of cops, picks up the trail when he discovers that her real name was Teresa Hourigan--the illegitimate granddaughter of Fingal Hourigan, one of Australia's most powerful businessmen, who is currently entertaining some rich contras at his palatial home. The case leads Malone deep into Hourigan's murky past and threatens to expose the secret the old man has kept since 1929: the reason he hurriedly left Chicago in fear for his life. It also threatens to destroy his ambitions for his son, Archbishop Kerry Hourigan, to become the first-ever Australian...
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Thursday’s Tale: Crow-Head

Thursday’s Tale: Crow-Head

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We watched The Lone Ranger in the theater last weekend. It was a fun movie, but I think my mom, David and Amber liked it amore than I did. I love Johnny Depp, but there was a part in the middle that was just a little too serious for me, especially considering the rest of the movie. Happily, it picked up at the end, otherwise I would have been disappointed. I did learn, while wasting time before the movie started, that Depp's look was based on a painting that was based on a Native American legend, Crow-Head. The painting by Kirby Sattler is shown above. I thought the legend would make a perfect Thursday's Tale post for today. You can read the legend at the Manataka American Indian Council website. It comes from the Chipewyan people in Canada. Crow-head's father dies soon after he was born. One day,  while Crow-head and the others were fishing, one of the medicine men said something that led...
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Tuesday Intro

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Today's Top Ten is about Authors who deserve more recognition. My problem is I don't tend to read little-known authors. Sad, I know. The only one I could think of was Brian M. Wiprud, who I love but don't see around much. So instead, how about the beginning of the book I'm currently reading, The Red Queen Dies by Frankie Y. Bailey. DATE: Thursday, 24 October 2019 TIME: 0700 hours WEATHER TODAY: Mid 90s. Air quality poor. Evening storms DISPLAY ON WALL: Wake-up News "Good morning, everyone. I'm Suzanne Price. "First, the news from the nation. The federal government says, 'No hoax, no conspiracy, but still no definitive answers. "The administration denies suppressing portions of the commission report on the November 2012 close encounter between NORAD fighter jets and the black boomerang-shaped UFO that appeared over the Mojave Desert, creating worldwide awe and panic before disappearing in a blinding flash of light. "In Las Vegas, preparations are under way for the now-annual spectacular celebration of that close encounter. "However,...
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Where I’m Reading

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View 2013 Where I'm Reading in a larger map I thought I'd take a look today at where I've been reading so far this year, that is where the books I've been reading have been set. I'm not doing very well at the Where Are You Reading Challenge. I've only visited 12 countries: US Barbados Costa Rica New Zealand Australia South Africa Norway Italy Germany England Ireland Turkey   I've only hit 10 states and territories: California Arizona New Mexico Tennessee Ohio Pennsylvania New York Illinois Missouri US Virgin Islands It doesn't seem like I've visited many places. Granted, some of the books I've read I haven't really been able to place the setting on a map, either because it's entirely fantasy or it's non-fiction but not about a place or person or thing. My favorite settings so far have probably been the warm, sunny ones.  ...
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