Now and Then, Amen

Book by Jon Cleary

Now and Then, Amen
First UK edition
Author	Jon Cleary
Language	English
Series	Scobie Malone
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Collins (UK) William Morrow (US)
Publication date	1988
Publication place	Australia
Preceded by	Dragons at the Party
Followed by	Babylon South

Now and Then, Amen is a 1988 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the fifth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone.^[1]^[2] There were plans to adapt the book into a mini-series, but this ended up not happening.^[3]

Synopsis

Malone investigates the death of a nun found outside a brothel. She turns out to be the granddaughter of a rich Australian businessman who is determined to see his son become Australia's first Pope.^[4]^[5] The story explores Sydney in the wake of the 1987 stock market crash.

References

^ Greg Flynn, 'Mills and Boon Meets the Colonial Potboiler', The Weekend Australian 19–20 November 1988 (p.9)
^ Katharine England, 'From Randwick to Rome, Lasting Intrigue', The Advertiser 3 December 1988 (p.12)
^ 'Foreign Angels For Seven', Sydney Morning Herald, June 12, 1989 Page: 62
^ Jon Cleary at the Australian Crime Fiction Database
^ Patricia Rolfe, 'Veterans' Class', The Bulletin vol.110 no.5645 22 November. 1988 (p.134)

External links

Now and Then, Amen at AustLit (subscription required)

Works by Jon Cleary

Novels

1940s	These Small Glories (1946) (short stories) You Can't See 'Round Corners (1947) The Long Shadow (1949)
1950s	Just Let Me Be (1950) The Sundowners (1952) The Climate of Courage (1954) Justin Bayard (1955) The Green Helmet (1957) Back of Sunset (1959) Strike Me Lucky (1959)
1960s	North from Thursday (1960) The Country of Marriage (1962) Forests of the Night (1963) A Flight of Chariots (1963) The Fall of an Eagle (1965) The High Commissioner (1966) The Pulse of Danger (1966) The Long Pursuit (1967) Season of Doubt (1968) Remember Jack Hoxie (1969)
1970s	Helga's Web (1970) Mask of the Andes (1971) Man's Estate (1972) Ransom (1973) Peter's Pence (1974) The Safe House (1975) A Sound of Lightning (1976) High Road to China (1977) Vortex (1978) The Beaufort Sisters (1979)
1980s	A Very Private War (1980) The Faraway Drums (1981) The Golden Sabre (1981) Spearfield's Daughter (1982) The Phoenix Tree (1984) The City of Fading Light (1985) Dragons at the Party (1987) Now and Then, Amen (1988) Babylon South (1989)
1990s	You, the Jury (1990) (reprint of 1950 Just Let Me Be) Murder Song (1990) Pride's Harvest (1991) Dark Summer (1992) Bleak Spring (1993) Autumn Maze (1994) Winter Chill (1995) Endpeace (1996) A Different Turf (1997) Five Ring Circus (1998) Dilemma (1999)
2000s	Bear Pit (2000) Yesterday's Shadow (2001) The Easy Sin (2002) Degrees of Connection (2003) Miss Ambar Regrets (2004) Morning's Gone (2006) Four-Cornered Circle (2007)