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'An Official Adaptation Of The MGM Production'Date: January to July 1977Highlights: 1ST THANOS SOLO STORY BACKUP BY EDELMAN & ZECK IN ISSUE #6*** Contains Issue #'s 1-7 ***THE COMPLETE 7-ISSUE SERIES RUN!!!Splendid comics' adaptation of one of the finest sci-fi films ever is here!!! Adapted by Gerry Conway and the always amazing George Perez(Teen Titans, Avengers) this is one of the best movie adaptations ever - plus the scarce, surprise backup story "The Final Flower" starring THANOS and The DESTROYER in issue #6. ... Read more

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This book combines John Stuart Mill’s key writings, Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and ‘Essay on Bentham’, with formative selections from Mill’s greatest influences, Jeremy Bentham and John Austin, and a discerning introduction written by the renowned ethics scholar Mary Warnock. This combination provides a thorough and perspicuous view of Mill's thought. An extensive bibliography of the best scholarship on Mill, Bentham, and Utilitarianism makes this book even more useful for students. This volume affords indispensable insight from – and into – one of the most profound and influential thinkers in Western philosophy. ... Read more

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Utilitarian philosophy explained
I read this book for a graduate Mill seminar in Philosophy.Recommended reading for anyone interested in philosophy, political science, and history.

John Stuart Mill, 1806-73, worked for the East India Co. helped run Colonial India from England.Minister of Parliament 1865-68 he served one term.

Mill develops a theory of morality in Utilitarianism.He argues against the group of people who think that morality is intuitive.Intuitionists think that God put morality in us, thus, morality is a priori.Moral rules or principles were programmed in us, we can see these rules, they are binding, however they do acknowledge that on a case by case basis we still need to use them to reason out the ultimate answer for a particular case.

Mill also believes that there are a set of moral principles that we ought to be thinking about.Intuitionists today think that case by case we can reason out what is right or wrong.However, they would be suspicious that of believing there were general moral principles.Intuitionists say it is not up to us to investigate what is right or wrong.Mill would disagree.Mill doesn't like Intuitionists theory because they can't prove their view; and they can't explain why "lying is wrong" as an example.In addition, they do not provide a list of these innate morals we are suppose to have, and they do not have a hierarchy for them to resolve the conflict between two morals when they arise.

Background on essay, written in 1861 came out in 3 magazine articles, pretty scanty which sometimes drives one crazy trying to deduce what Mill is saying.A lot of interpretation is necessary.

Chapter 2: The second paragraph is official statement of the theory.

"The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."

Happiness=pleasure and freedom from pain.This makes him a Hedonist philosophically.


Higher Pleasures Doctrine- Jeremy Bentham says how valuable pleasure was based on 2 dimensions that we evaluate our experience of pleasure by, intensity and duration.Bentham says this determines quantity in pleasure.Bentham said this determined how much a given experience adds to a person's happiness.

Mill adds a third value to evaluate pleasure by and that's its quality, how good it is.Many don't understand Mill's idea that pleasure has value and quality.Most people think that Mill is really talking about quantity, or they don't believe one can be a hedonist, that pleasure is the only thing that has value, and yet think that there is something more to judging how valuable an experience is than the intensity and the duration of the pleasure it contains.So, they say that one of two things must be going on here.Of course, some people are sure it is one thing, and some are sure it is another.Either what Mill is talking about when you get right down to it is quantity in pleasure and different experiences, or all the different things he says about quality can be somehow resolved into quantity.So that really what is going on is that when Mill talks about a pleasure being of a higher quality that just means that there is a lot more pleasure there that the quantity is much greater.Or, Mill is giving up on hedonism at this point and he is admitting that some things are valuable aside from pleasure.So, when he says an experience like reading a good book or something like that is more valuable than an experience of some kind of animalistic pleasure, that really what he is saying is this experience is more valuable for reasons that go beyond the amount of pleasure involved.In addition to how much pleasure is involved there is also that maybe the experience is more beautiful or more noble or something like that and this gives it additional value.So something other than the amount of pleasure involved gives it additional value.Mill can be a consistent hedonist and he can consistently say that pleasure is the only thing that can have value and yet it is still the case that some pleasures are just more valuable than other pleasures.

Utilitarian philosophy explained
I read this book for a graduate Mill seminar in Philosophy.Recommended reading for anyone interested in philosophy, political science, and history.

John Stuart Mill, 1806-73, worked for the East India Co. helped run Colonial India from England.Minister of Parliament 1865-68 he served one term.

Mill develops a theory of morality in Utilitarianism.He argues against the group of people who think that morality is intuitive.Intuitionists think that God put morality in us, thus, morality is a priori.Moral rules or principles were programmed in us, we can see these rules, they are binding, however they do acknowledge that on a case by case basis we still need to use them to reason out the ultimate answer for a particular case.

Mill also believes that there are a set of moral principles that we ought to be thinking about.Intuitionists today think that case by case we can reason out what is right or wrong.However, they would be suspicious that of believing there were general moral principles.Intuitionists say it is not up to us to investigate what is right or wrong.Mill would disagree.Mill doesn't like Intuitionists theory because they can't prove their view; and they can't explain why "lying is wrong" as an example.In addition, they do not provide a list of these innate morals we are suppose to have, and they do not have a hierarchy for them to resolve the conflict between two morals when they arise.

Background on essay, written in 1861 came out in 3 magazine articles, pretty scanty which sometimes drives one crazy trying to deduce what Mill is saying.A lot of interpretation is necessary.

Chapter 2: The second paragraph is official statement of the theory.

"The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."

Happiness=pleasure and freedom from pain.This makes him a Hedonist philosophically.


Higher Pleasures Doctrine- Jeremy Bentham says how valuable pleasure was based on 2 dimensions that we evaluate our experience of pleasure by, intensity and duration.Bentham says this determines quantity in pleasure.Bentham said this determined how much a given experience adds to a person's happiness.

Mill adds a third value to evaluate pleasure by and that's its quality, how good it is.Many don't understand Mill's idea that pleasure has value and quality.Most people think that Mill is really talking about quantity, or they don't believe one can be a hedonist, that pleasure is the only thing that has value, and yet think that there is something more to judging how valuable an experience is than the intensity and the duration of the pleasure it contains.So, they say that one of two things must be going on here.Of course, some people are sure it is one thing, and some are sure it is another.Either what Mill is talking about when you get right down to it is quantity in pleasure and different experiences, or all the different things he says about quality can be somehow resolved into quantity.So that really what is going on is that when Mill talks about a pleasure being of a higher quality that just means that there is a lot more pleasure there that the quantity is much greater.Or, Mill is giving up on hedonism at this point and he is admitting that some things are valuable aside from pleasure.So, when he says an experience like reading a good book or something like that is more valuable than an experience of some kind of animalistic pleasure, that really what he is saying is this experience is more valuable for reasons that go beyond the amount of pleasure involved.In addition to how much pleasure is involved there is also that maybe the experience is more beautiful or more noble or something like that and this gives it additional value.So something other than the amount of pleasure involved gives it additional value.Mill can be a consistent hedonist and he can consistently say that pleasure is the only thing that can have value and yet it is still the case that some pleasures are just more valuable than other pleasures.




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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
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“Will remind many of Robert B. Parker and Dick Francis at their best.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review). In this golf mystery, Jack Austin promised surrogate son Nash Henley he’d help find his real father. When Owen Henley is murdered, Nash wants to know who the man was, a request that leads Jack away from striving to reach golf's top echelon to an international smuggling scheme. A gunshot changes everything. ... Read more

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Enjoyable golf mystery
Golf pro Jack Austin wants to win another golf tournament. He's won one major in his ten years as a pro and wants more. But when his friend Nash learns that his father was tortured and killed, Jack has got to help. He's done his best to be a substitute father for Nash, but Nash has always maintained a fantasy that he'd reconnect, that he could rediscover the perfect father that his memory holds. As they investigate the murdered man, though, an ugly picture develops. Owen Henley was involved with drugs, and had a connection with a major drug operator in the New England area. Digging into Owen's history exposes Jack to people who don't want anyone looking at what they're doing--people who will kill anyone, including young children, to keep the scrutiny away.

Jack's investigation has to share time with his golf, but it doesn't take long before his problems start to spill over on the golf course.

With his concern for his young daughter, and his affection for Nash, the other players on the circuit, and his beautiful wife, Jack Austin makes a sympathetic character. Nash's fantasies tear at him because he recognizes that they simply cannot be achieved, and would not have been achieved had any reconciliation taken place. The theme of protecting children runs through the story--with Jack's happy childhood in dramatic juxtaposition to Nash's tragic upbringing.

Author John R. Corrigan brings the game of professional-level golf to life. Jack is completely convincing as a golfer, caught up in a combination of workouts, ritual magic, and philosophy in his attempt to beat the talented field and win another golf championship. Corrigan does a fine job with the mystery as well, planting clues as to the killer without making it too obvious who actually done-it. Of course, by the end, Owen's murder is only one of the many problems that Jack and his friends must face.

Even if you're not a golf fan, you'll enjoy BAD LIE. I'm happy to recommend this mystery.

John Corrigan Just Gets Better and Better
In golf another term for a "bad lie" is "rub of the green." I am not sure of it's derivation although I am pretty sure it's an old Scottish expression meaning "you figure your way out of this on your own - you get no help."

That is pretty much what is facing PGA Tour Pro Jack Austin as he undertakes to fulfill a promise to his surrogate son, Nash Henley to help him find his biological father.

That doesn't sound like an undertaking that would be fraught with danger and even death, but as it turns out, it is all that and more.

One of the things I like about this series is that while Jack Austin is a PGA Tour golfer, that fact does not dominate the story, but is very nicely woven into it's fabric with much factual information as well as vignettes which have a ring of authenticity to them.

That Jack Austin has managed to have a career that has now lasted several years on the PGA Tour is in itself remarkable given the outside distractions he has had to endure. However, Corrigan makes it all plausable.

A note on the book jacket compares the author favorably to Robert B. Parker and Dick Francis. He is a much better writer than Parker, but as I have thought about it, the allusion to Francis works for me. John Corrigan's books about Jack Austin are as much about golf as Francis's were about horse racing. They both have interesting characters, pay attention to the details of the sport that they use for a background and spin stories that keep you turning the pages.

I see no point in outlining the plot. What you really need to know is that if you like a nice mystery, enjoy good writing and every so often tee it up you will most likely find this author well worth your time. Teeing it up isn't required, however. I never rode a race horse, but I read all of Francis's novels. I have read all of John Corrigan's also. I hope he has as long a run.

Pro Plus More!!
In "Bad Lie," John Corrigan's latest and finest book featuring pro-golfer Jack Austin, the author provides tournament-winning prose, plotting and character development.The skillfully crafted ending surprised even this voracious (three or four novels per week) consumer of fiction!Players and lovers of golf have already provided favorable reviews of Corrigan's knowledge of the game and the realties of life on the pro tours.Being neither a player nor lover of the game, I shall confine my comments to matters that I care about.What impresses me most about "Bad Lie" is Corrigan's insights into and sensitivities to the realties of life for those of his characters who deviate from the stereotypical image of golfers, attendants and fans as being predominantly white, Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual, upper or upper-middle class, dominant males.A major character in "Bad Lie" is a woman with two children and a militarily-disabled husband to care for at home on her "Wal-Mart Associate" cash-register attendant's salary.Jack Austin accepts and treats his journalist wife, Lisa, as an equal in every respect (as well he should, since she is).They have adopted an African-American son, born and raised on the hard streets of Roxbury, Massachusetts.Jack's caddy is gay and one of his best pro-golfer friends is a "fallen" Catholic priest who innocently attracts women like bees to honey.
In "Bad Lie," John Corrigan indisputably proves his extraordinary talent as a writer, his love and knowledge of golf, and most of all his humanity!
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“...a thankfully fictional story. Will satisfy.” -Publisher's Weekly. How far will a golfer go to maintain a lifestyle? Why are Tour players associated with one equipment manufacturer being killed? In this golf mystery, Tour player and reluctant sleuth Jack Austin uncovers disturbing answers. Have steroids reached golf? Jack risks it all to find out. ... Read more

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Facinating look at pro-golf and enjoyable characters
When a pro-golfer accuses another golfer of cheating through drug abuse, Jack Austin gets dragged into the middle of things. For one thing, he's a pro golfer--for another, he's a member of the policy committee, responsible for helping to set the rules that deal with issues like mandatory drug testing. But Austin is badly conflicted--he believes in his game and doesn't want it to be caught by the stigma of drugs--like baseball and other sports. Austin gets involved even more deeply when his friend, who works security for the tour but who was injured in an earlier book asks for his help.

Austin finds himself investigating both performance-enhancing drugs and the mysterious death (an apparent mugging) of another pro golfer. But when more of the golfers responsible for a failed golf venture turn up sick or dead, Austin starts to see hints at a connection between his two problems. Managing to golf well through all of this is a problem, though, especially as Tiger Woods is on a hot streak. Austin's two year waiver after winning a tournament is running out and he must either win again or he'll find himself hanging onto the tour by his fingernails.

Author John R. Corrigan combines a fascinating look at the world of professional golf with interesting characters, nail-biting action on the course, and a nifty mystery. I really enjoyed the way golfer Austin tried to balance his family and his love for his sport, the way he saw the game as a practically zen experience, and the interaction among the golfers, and between golfers and the rest of the world.

You don't need to be a golfer to enjoy OUT OF BOUNDS or the other books in the Jack Austin mystery series, but I suspect that serious golfers will take even more out of this story than will duffers like myself.

Very Timely Topic Well Told
John Corrigan has come up with an intriguing look inside the world of the PGA Tour (again) and what he sees is troublesome. In this 5th novel involving PGA touring pro, Jack Austin, Corrigan confronts the issue of the use of performance enhancing drugs and the response of the tour's policy makers to the threat it poses.

All of Corrigan's Jack Austin mysteries have a very authentic ring to them and this one is no exception as well as being extremely timely.

Golf courses are getting longer, but so are the players. Is it the equipment? The Ball? The conditioning programs?

Or in some cases, is it something they ingest?

That's the question that is troubling some in this book as events unfold and the mystery deepens. The PGA Tour is not all fairways and greens. In some cases it is danger and death.

This is a well done story which will hold your interest whether you know Tiger Woods from Tony the Tiger or not. ... Read more

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...riveting, characters you care about, well conceived, gracefully presented. - Robert B. Parker.
Jack Austin is engaged, making a living, still believes in the PGA Tour’s integrity. Then Hutch Gainer reveals a gambling ring. Jack’s fiancée, a CBS commentator, investigates. In this golf mystery, Jack enters the underworld to prevent scandal but finds murder and a contract on his life.
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A Mixed Bag
Let me first say that I enjoyed the story, the characters, and the plot.I read this book on my Kindle and the most distracting thing was the constantly variable font size. Paragraph after paragraph jumped back and forth between different size fonts.Distracting, but not disruptive to the story.

A well crafted plot of mob infiltration of the PGA tour. The author wrapped up all events well and left no unresolved issues . . . other than his marriage to his fiancee.The common current day premise - let's just live together for a few years and see how we like it -- as his escape from decision time. Hence Jack Austin's (the protagonist) character lived his personal life the same way as his professional career. Scoring well, remaining above the "cut" but never winning.

I would read another novel by this author, as his voice is quite good and the story entertaining.Plus I have never won a PGA tour event either.

Welcome to the world of golf
I am not a golfer, so I didn't gravitate to the book because of its content, but because of its author.I loved it and read it quickly.Without being pedantic, the book informs the reader of some of the intricacies of golf in such a way that s/he doesn't get lost in the game.Corrigan has achieved the ideal balance between game and mystery, and I left the book having painlessly learned a little bit about golf and a lot about the main characters, Jack and Lisa.The mystery is well-crafted, and the characters are immensely likable.The sexual tension between them heightens their appeal as people the reader can recognize and value.The book is well-written, something I cannot say about many of the new, popular mysteries, and I am looking forward to the additional complications promised in the next book. When I like a book and its recurring characters, I want a long book so that it doesn't end too quickly.Corrigan will, no doubt, join the ranks of mystery writers who develop and enhance their craft and acquire a vast number of devotees.

Lost Sleep
John: You cost me sleep. Last Friday evening I decided to start
"Cut Shot" and read myself to sleep. I did not put it down until I finished it. Great job - it was a very nice blend of mystery, a few putting tips (all of which I could use), and PGA information. I really look forward to your next book! I gather that Lisa and Jack will be characters in future books. Again, thanks much.

Corrigan is on his game!
This is a cleverly concieved story about an attempt by The Mob to infiltrate the PGA Tour and how one man's courage (and luck) exposes the effort and brings it down. It is not so much about golf, although there is enough of that and of inside information on the Tour to satisfy most golfers, as it is a mystery. Jack Austin is a 10 year non-winning member of the PGA Tour who is drawn in to a dangerous game by a fellow tour member who is being black mailed to alter his scores for the benefit of some very unsavory gamblers. The effort nearly costs Austin and his finacee, a golf commentator for CBS, their lives. The story is believeable and the plot will hold your attention all the way through this very notable first novel by the author.And there is more on the way we are told.

Great read!
Corrigan's first book is a winner.The plot is tightly wound and suspenseful, but the real treat is the interplay among the principal characters.The scenes between protagonist Austin and Lisa, his intended, are particularly well drawn.The dyslexia that Austin terms a blessing is an interesting and integral part of Austin's character. I suspect that golfers will enjoy the inside info on the Tour, but anyone who wants a good, tough guy (sensitive on the inside) mystery will enjoy this one.The book is a great beginning to what promises to be a fine series. ... Read more

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“Witty and intriguing. Will delight.” - Tess Gerritsen. The Russian Mafia, long involved in North American pro sports, eyes the PGA Tour. In this golf mystery, Jack Austin, with a balky putter and a rookie caddie, could lose his eligibility. When an infant is kidnapped, Jack goes after his friend's baby, comes face to face with a renegade Russian mobster, before his final showdown with star Phil Mickelson. ... Read more

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Jack makes the sports mysterycut with fine tale
Though almost ten years on the PGA Tour, golfer Jack Austin struggles to keep his playing card.Though he has never won a tournament and he understands the significance of an experienced caddie can have on the game, Jack still hires a new caddie Nash Henley with limited experience but who suffers from dyslexia like he does.

As he battles to make the cut, he notices a strange individual hanging around the tour.He asks questions and soon learns that Nikoli Silcandrov of the Russian Mafia is scheming to use the PGA Tour to launder money.To insure cooperation, the Nikolai and his thugs kidnap the four month old daughter of PGA Tour Charities Director Brian Taylor, who leads the raising and distributing of $50 million annually.Unable to ignore the double bogie, Jack tries to rescue a youngster and insuring the mob's plan fails while also playing against Phil Mickelson.

In his second book tour, Jack shoots a birdie as golf fans and sport mystery buffs will enjoy his efforts to make the cut and to stop the mobsters.The story line is fast-paced on the greens, in the clubhouse, and off the course as Jack searches for the kidnapped child.His caddie enables the audience to see another side of the caring Jack.Though the audience will have to accept the blackmail premise, readers will believe that John R. Corrigan finished in the top ten with SNAP HOOK.

Harriet Klausner

Great characters
The greatest strength of John Corrigan's second Jack Austin novel is the wonderfully developed characters he has created. While the storyline is very exciting, Corrigan makes the book memorable by fleshing out the people who populate its pages. I cannot wait to read his other books because I care for these characters. I hope Jack Austin will be around for a long time.

A solid effort - worth your time
Jack Austin has a few things going for him that other PGA Tour Professionals don't. The biggest of them is that he keeps wandering into the middle of the damndest things. In this very real and believeable book, he has been shown some of the underside of golf.(again)The Russian Mafia has infiltrated the PGA Tour in order to launder a large amount of money and for insurance on the effort they have kidnapped the four month old daughter of the PGA Tour official who is set to make the money laundering happen. The purpose in doing so is to ensure the success of the mission, but it is in fact one of the things that leads to the whole plots unraveling. Jack Austen is a PGA professional who has yet to win a tournament, but who nevertheless has enjoyed success on the tour. He has a comfortable living arrangement with one of the star reporters for CBS on the tour, he has taken on a "summer project" as his caddy, a dyslexic black teenager (Austen is also dyslexic and understands the disease) and while pursuing his favorite occupation, both arrangements get very complicated.

This is really a human interest story which uses the PGA Tour as it's backdrop and does so in an interesting and convincing fashion. Phil Mickelson even makes an appearance and continues his winning ways.

I liked this book even more than his first one, The characters remain in character throughout the book, the plot is interesting and the resolution is in doubt for some time. A first rate effort and a compelling read.

Different Twist
As a prolific reader of fiction, I'm always looking for that new twist. Using the PGA Tour as the back drop got me hooked (pun intended) on Corrigan's Jack Austin series.I liked his first book but this one is better.I suspect that Corrigan is going to be around for awhile.

An addictive read
When I started this book, I could not put it down.The characters and story line got me hooked and I couldn't wait to see what happened in the end.This is an enjoyable book for mystery lovers and golf addicts alike. ... Read more

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PREFACE
The stories in this collection, inasmuch as theyconstitute a somewhat new departure in this class of literature, require a fewwords of introduction. The primary function of all fiction is to furnishentertainment to the reader, and this fact has not been lost sight of. But theinterest of so-called "detective" fiction is, I believe, greatly enhanced by acareful adherence to the probable, and a strict avoidance of physicalimpossibilities; and, in accordance with this belief, I have been scrupulous inconfining myself to authentic facts and practicable methods. The stories have,for the most part, a medico-legal motive, and the methods of solution describedin them are similar to those employed in actual practice by medical jurists. Thestories illustrate, in fact, the application to the detection of crime of theordinary methods of scientific research. I may add that the experimentsdescribed have in all cases been performed by me, and that the micro-photographsare, of course, from the actual specimens.

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A contemporary of Sherlock Holmes: better.
This is from memory of reading it about 50 years ago. Austin Freeman created a better detective than Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. His "Dr. Thorndyke" is Holmes with TV's Quincy added: a more logical detective who explains things better to the reader. Indeed, some of the stories are "inverted", i.e. you know who did it and how, but you follow the good doctor as he unravels the case. I wanna new copy of his cases! ... Read more

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“Corrigan writes well enough that Austin would be interesting if he were a baker...first-rate.” - Mystery Scene Magazine. In this golf mystery, Tour player Jack Austin begins a new season in his worst slump—now with a family to support. As Jack battles back into contention, friend Grant Ashley faces a worse problem: his new wife is missing. Jack’s investigation uncovers a betrayal and a woman’s secret past. ... Read more

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terrificgolf mystery
Since choking at the end of a tournament further placing his PGA card membership in jeopardy, golfer Jack Austin has played poorly as his confidence has tanked.Adding to his woes that his game is imploding, he fears he soon will have to play the satellite tour after ten years in the majors even without a single win.

As he begins to show signs of attaining par and feels ready top go head to head with Tiger or Phil, Jack notices that Lynn Ashley, wife of PGA player friend Grant, is seen in the company of Jack's married agent, Jim Dempsey.Not long afterward, someone kills Grant's caddy in what appears to be a drug deal turned ugly.Just after that Jim and Lynn announce they are leaving their respective families for one another.Nothing seems logical to Jack who is just starting to regain his game and does not need the distraction, but cannot help investigating although that places him in danger of missing the cut on the course and in life.

In his third golf mystery, John R. Corrigan aces the tale with a terrific look at the PGA coupled with an intriguing murder mystery.Jack is at his best as he makes mistakes about life, golf, and the who-done-it.His insight into his rivals, their caddies, and lastly their spouses is worth the price of admission.Because the characters are so fully developed especially Jack, fans of a strong sports mystery, not necessarily golf aficionados, will take the eighteen-hole tour and enjoy every hole.

Harriet Klausner

Corrigan Continues On His Game
For an English teacher from Maine, John Corrigan certainly has a handle on life in the PGA as well as the game of life. Jack Austin is back, with a wife and child now and has started to ramp up his game. Ten years on the Tour and no wins as he readies for The Memorial Tournament in Ohio, hosted by Jack Nicklaus. If only all he had to worry about was the other competitors.

A friend of his on tour, Grant Ashley has married. His wife Lynn acts oddly when being interviewed by Jack's wife for a piece on golf wives and then goes missing. She turns up in the company of Jack's agent, Jim Dempsey. Jim also represents Grant. Grant's new caddy appears stoned during a practice round and later is murdered. Dempsey is leaving his wife and family for Lynn. Nothing seems to make sense. It's the sort of thing which can be very distracting when you are trying to beat Tiger Woods. As Austin summarizes: "A woman in Texas was trying to understand why her husband left her and was desperate enough to ask me, a friend of her husband...one she had met only a handful of times. Grant Ashley was alone. Lynne Ashley had been exploited and very likely had, in turn, exploited Jim Dempsey. Mike Easley had been stabbed in the back." Talk about your distractions.

The nice thing about this book is that while stories such as this which try to live in the present with real people as a part of it, especially which deal with sports, often don't work; this book works very well indeed.

The relationships are believeable, the charactersare well drawn, the dialogue is tightly written, the action both on and off the golf course feels authentic and you are kept happily turning pages until the last page when Austin faces a crucial last putt.

Whether it falls or not, there is surely more to come in the adventures of Jack Austin and that is good news for the fans of his novels. If you haven't found this author yet, this would be a good one to start with.

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