Secrets of the Plumed Saint, Elizabeth A. Galligan
Secrets of the Plumed Saint, Elizabeth A. Galligan
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Secrets of the Plumed Saint
A Tale of Intrigue from Northern New Mexico

Author: Elizabeth A. Galligan

Narrator: Brian Amador

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/31/2014


Synopsis

"I've never held a saint before," Ernie said as he cradled the 100-year-old carving of the Santo Nino de Atocha, the Holy Child.
When the long-cherished statue of the Santo Nino de Atocha disappears, village leaders decide to keep the news from the Church hierarchy for fear of reprisal. They suspect the culprits are among local hippies, Protestants, drug dealers, Anglos and other outsiders. But when the statue mysteriously reappears and their beloved chapel sacristan is attacked, favorite son Jay Sierra and his pal, Ernie Lucero, team up to investigate. Long-forgotten facts about the little statue take everyone by surprise and lead to the cozy conclusion of this delightful crime mystery set in an elbow of time during the 1970s in a high mountain valley in northern New Mexico.
This audiobook is filled with music, sound effects, and the northern New Mexico dialect referred to by Linguists as the Rio Arriba dialect. Code-mixing of Spanish and English terms is characteristic of the area. Elizabeth Ann Galligan, Ph.D., poet and educator, retired in 2007 from Eastern New Mexico University. She holds degrees in anthropology, Latin American Studies, and Curriculum and Instruction in Multicultural Teacher Education.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda on November 25, 2014

Just what I needed as an audio book. This sweet story of life in New Mexico during the early 1970s was full of local references and really gently flawed characters. The lost/stolen/strayed iconic baby Jesus is lost and so the adventure begins that brings many back to the area and affirms others that......more

Goodreads review by Susan on February 27, 2018

A statue of Jesus as a child, and dressed in Spanish pilgrimage garb has long been revered in this small New Mexico town. Then it goes missing. Did one of the old forgetful ones wanting a blessing borrow it, was it stolen by some of those hippie types blowing through town, or is something else afoot......more

Goodreads review by Mary on April 22, 2019

A crime mystery where the reader takes a trip through words and images to New Mexico as two local sons try to discover where the Santa Nino de Atocha santo is and why it was taken.......more