In 1844, a religious sect founded a small town and held its breath for the Second Coming, when the faithful would be carried to heaven. One hundred and fifty years later, they're still waiting. Then three people disappear--and some think the prophecy is finally coming true. Ex-seminarian turned sleuth Owen Keane thinks there's a more corporeal explanation, something to do with a convicted killer's parole hearing--because there's nothing very divine about a cold body in a shallow grave. Martin's Press.
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When the rapture comes, believers say, the faithful will be lifted bodily up to heaven while sinners will be left behind to endure Armageddon. In the little Indiana town of Rapture, Armageddon seems to be just around the corner as townspeople mysteriously disappear. The police suspect drug-related murder; Owen Keane, a former seminarian, isn't so sure. In The Ordained, author Terence Faherty mixes faith and crime to come up with an unusual mystery tale. The story begins with Keane's return to Indiana to testify at the parole hearing of a man he helped convict many years before; what begins as a moral obligation becomes personal when he meets the convicted man's daughter and falls in love. The strange disappearances in Rapture reawaken Keane's religious sensibilities, but when his girlfriend also vanishes, he must balance faith and skepticism in order to find the truth.
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Rapture, Indiana, got its name from the millennialist prophets who planned to use it as their point of departure for the world's end. But now, 150 years after the Ordained of God were disappointed, it seems as if the rapture may finally have arrived after all. Dr. Krystal Bowden, the grown-up daughter of Curtis Morell, the remorseless killer seminarian-turned-shamus Owen Keane helped to lock up in The Lost Keats (1993), wants Owen to come out to Rapture to investigate the disappearance of elderly herbalist Prestina Shipe, evidently carried off in the middle of her breakfast. Even in the brief time Owen spends among the farms and herbs and handmade coffins that are Rapture's current stock-in-trade, there's a second disappearance, and then, while Owen's back is turned, a third--Krystal herself. Did she take off to avoid prosecution along with the rest of the methamphetamine ring her highly suspicious lover, DEA agent Steve Fallon, is tracking? Were the disappearances a case of alien abduction, as ufologist Marietta Feasey gravely tells Owen? Or is Curtis Morell, safely locked away in a Michigan City prison, somehow behind it all? Short, stark, and sparsely peopled with angularly fascinating figures: Faherty's portrait of Rapture has all the fine black-and-white detail you'd expect from a mid-century daguerreotype. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Faherty is not only good at plots, but he can WRITE!,
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This is my third by Faherty, whose quality of writing is superior to that of most mystery authors. This "millenial" mystery involves some people who "disappear" in the small Indiana town of Rapture. Have they been "raptured"? Abducted by aliens? Of course there is an explanation to the disappearances, but in the meantime Faherty gets you thinking about these phenomena, as he explores his hallmark theme: "the problem of evil." For those who like a well-written and thoughtful mystery which is also well-plotted, I recommend Faherty.
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Brilliant mood piece, a very good thriller,
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This review is from: The Ordained (Hardcover)
It has been two decades since Owen Keane left his Indiana home after involvement with a murder that ended his quest for the priesthood. He returns to his former home state to testify against the state granting parole to convicted murderer Curtis Morell, a man Owen helped send to prison. While in the town of Rapture, founded by a religious group who expected the world to end in 1844, Owen meets Curtis' daughter, Krystal. They immediately hit it off. However, what attracts Owen is the sudden disappearance of townsfolk, one at a time in a rapture-like environment. Some of the citizens think its aliens while other think Armageddon has arrived. Owen, who once studied for the priesthood, is mystically enraptured with the goings-on until Krystal disappears. Now, he has a personal interest to clearing up the mystery that law enforcement officials feel are simply drug drops. The sixth Owen Keane novel, THE ORDAINED, is as good if not better than the delightful previous tales. Owen is a great character whose believable struggles with life are of epic proportion. The story line is fast paced and interesting with the secondary players adding much to the pace. Terence Faherty continues to write very entertaining mysteries that are well worth reading. Harriet Klausner The sixth Owen Keane novel, THE ORDAINED, is as good if not better than the delightful previous tales. Owen is a great character whose believable struggles with life are of epic proportion. The story line is fast paced and interesting with the secondary players adding much to the pace. Terence Faherty continues to write very entertaining mysteries that are well worth reading. Harriet Klausner
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good read, ending a bit disappointing.,
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This review is from: The Ordained (Hardcover)
People are mysteriously disappearing in the small town of Rapture, Indiana. Rumour has it that it is an act of God, sending the faithful to heaven and leaving the sinners back on Earth, or maybe it's alien abductions? Whatever it is, Owen Keane is on the case to find out what is causing the disappearances and what it has to do with a man he helped convict years before.This is my first Owen Keane novel, but I found I didn't need to have read the 5 previous Keane novels to know and understand the character. It's very well written and has great elements of mystery. Characterisation was great, and greatly enhanced the misleading factor of the guilty parties for this mystery. The only disappointing aspect was the ending, which seemed a bit too contrived and 'Hardy Boyish' for my liking. Overall, it was a very satisfying read. RECOMMENDED!!!
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