Wages of Sin - Hardcover

Greeley, Andrew M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399137521 ISBN 13: 9780399137525

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 1992

Synopsis

Tycoon, sculptor, war hero, poet--Chicago entrepreneur Lorcan James Flynn cannot enjoy his wealth or talents until the return of his first love sparks a memory that causes him to face the truth about himself. 50,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.

About this title

From AudioFile

Father Greeley does it again with Wages of Sin, yet another of his "Danielle Steele-on-testosterone" best sellers. This time his hero is the handsome Lorcan Flynn--wealthy Chicago Renaissance man--who embarks on a search for a secret buried in his past. Along the way, he finds his long-lost love, Moira. This mini-series fodder is ably read by Fritz Weaver, who provides an inspired batch of well-defined male voices for Lorcan's family, friends and foes. However, Weaver's rather wimpy rendering of Moira's voice is a bit of a letdown. Still, twists and turns abound for audiophiles who like their storytelling Greeley style: fast, furious and just slightly profane. L.(H.)B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Kirkus Reviews

Father Greeley (The Cardinal Virtues, 1990, etc., etc.) returns with a new cast of randy, middle-aged Chicagoans who, between attending mass and making well-adjusted love, must clear up a multiple murder that happened decades ago. Is it possible for a recently divorced, incredibly wealthy, Irish Catholic commodities broker to find happiness and mutually supportive sex in his sixth decade? Yes! says the frisky sociologist/priest whose winking, nudging novels never fail to shock but not, you know, too much. The midwestern mogul looking for happiness with the lost love of his 20s is Lorcan Flynn. One of Mr. Flynn's daughters is about to marry the son of Moire Meehan, the feisty baseball-playing woman who disappeared from Flynn's life after a night of innocent groping on the shore of Lake Michigan-- the same night her foster parents were blown to kingdom come by an assassin unknown, the same night Flynn succumbed to a memory- erasing fever. Now, as he wonders whether he and Moire can resume whatever it was they were doing on that fateful night, Flynn also wonders whether it could have been he himself who detonated that blast. Father Greeley lets us see into Lorcan's mind through sessions with his clever Irish Catholic psychiatrist who, when things gets too confusing and dangerous, sends Lorcan to her brother, the clever Irish Catholic priest. Such danger as there is comes from someone mysterious who doesn't want the old mystery solved. Oh, and by the way, Moire's splendid bosom is just as it was decades ago, if not even better. Safe sex for senior citizens. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0399137521
• ISBN 13: 9780399137525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 349