Recommended reading - The Zebra-Striped Hearse (1962):

The Zebra-Striped Hearse

By Ross Macdonald.

First published in 1962.

Published by Vintage Crime / Black Lizard.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0375701451

ISBN-13: 978-0375701450

“Ross Macdonald gives to the detective story that accent of class that the late Raymond Chandler did.” – Chicago Tribune.

Strictly speaking, Lew Archer is only supposed to dig up the dirt on a rich man's suspicious soon-to-be son-in-law. But in no time at all Ross Macdonald’s private eye is following a trail of corpses from the citrus belt to Mazatlán. And then there is the zebra-striped hearse and its crew of beautiful, sunburned surfers, whose path seems to keep crossing the son-in-law's – and Archer's – in a powerful, fast-paced novel of murder on the California coast.

“A model of his excellence…. [The Zebra-Striped Hearse] has character, statement, and style.” – The New Yorker.

Lucy Maud Montgomery, on books:

I am simply a 'book drunkard.'

Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee.

I cannot withstand them.

- Lucy Maud Montgomery.

On this day in movie history - Sully (2016):

Sully

aka Sully: Miracle on the Hudson,

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Todd Komarnicki,

based on the book Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters by Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and Jeffrey Zaslow,

was released in the United States on September 9, 2016.
Music by Christian Jacob and The Tierney Sutton Band.

Cast:

Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Valerie Mahaffey, Delphi Harrington, Mike O'Malley, Jamey Sheridan, Anna Gunn, Holt McCallany, Ahmed Lucan, Laura Linney, Laura Lundy, Onira Tares, Gary Weeks, Katie Couric, Jeff Kober, Blake Jones, Molly Bernard, Chris Bauer, Jane Gabbert, Ann Cusack, Molly Hagan, Purva Bedi, Max Adler, Sam Huntington, Christopher Curry, Ashley Austin Morris, Cooper Thornton, Autumn Reeser, Jeffrey Nordling, Patch Darragh, Robert C. Treveiler, Billy Richards, Aida Manassy, Pascal Yen-Pfister, Marcia DeBonis, Noel Fisher, Adam Boyer, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Michael Rapaport, Vincent Lombardi, Jeremy Luke, Bernardo Badillo, Jerry Ferrara, Viktoria Khartchenko, Randall Pinkston, Graham Sibley, Grant Roberts, Wayne Bastrup, Bobby Cuza, Billy Smith, Martin Barabas, E. Roger Mitchell, Robert Pralgo, Clayton Landey, Tracee Chimo Pallero, Brett Rice, Kristine Johnson, Larry Guthrie, Lucy Young, Lori Cline, Jon Witten, Vickie Adams, Shane P. Allen, Scott Alan Berk, Larry Blanks, Roger Brenner, Lisa Brown, Aric Bunch, Kris Bunch, Phil Cappadora, Christine J. Carlson, Leslie Castay, Marc Chouen, Sonia Conlin, Jameson Jamey Copeland, Vicki Damante, Venus Dana, Michael-Scott Druckenmiller, Payson Durant, Mark Falvo, D. Paul Faulkner, Cathy Fielding, Noelle Angelica Fink, Christopher G Gates, Tahseen Ghauri, Melissa Kay Glaze, Steve Goffner, Takako Haywood, Drew Neal Horton, Jedediah Jenk, Michael D. Joseph, Jay D. Kacho, Inder Kumar, Benny Laurence, Michael Layman, Kamron Leal, Scott Ledbetter, Taylor Lee, Lynn Marocola, Doris McCarthy, Lindsey McCollough, Kevin Edward McGinn, Scarlett Mellinger, Sierra Mellinger, Frank Mercuri, Gary Miller, Kelly L. Moran, Josh Mowery, Michael Peavey, Clay Pool, David Philip Reed, Shaun Rey, Patti Schellhaas, Denise Scilabra, Vanessa Scull, Daniel Patrick Shook, Nancy Ellen Shore, Megan Monaghan Smith, Patty Tobin, Miguel J. Torres, Brad Trettien, Brandon Van Vliet, Mark White, Justin Michael Woods.

On this day in movie history - The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016):

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

directed by André Øvredal,

written by Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 9, 2016.
Music by Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans.

Cast:

Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Ophelia Lovibond, Michael McElhatton, Olwen Catherine Kelly, Jane Perry, Parker Sawyers, Mary Duddy, Mark Phoenix, Sydney (the cat), Arath de la Torre, Yves O'Hara.

On this day in music history: Second Time Around, by Joan Jeanrenaud & Charlie Varon (2016):

Second Time Around

Album by Joan Jeanrenaud & Charlie Varon,
released September 9, 2016.

Track list:

Overture and the Kid; Starting Over; Imagining a Grandson’s Visit; Lunch with Selma and Adele; Scotch and a Crossword; The Kid Returns; Truth Be Told.

On this day in movie history - The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005):

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

directed by Scott Derrickson,

written by Scott Derrickson and Paul Harris Boardman,

based on the book The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel by Felicitas D. Goodman,

was released in the United States on September 9, 2005.
Music by Christopher Young.
Inspired by the true 1975 Anneliese Michel case.

Cast:

Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Campbell Scott, Jennifer Carpenter, Colm Feore, Joshua Close, Kenneth Welsh, Duncan Fraser, JR Bourne, Mary Beth Hurt, Henry Czerny, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Steve Archer, Arlene Belcastro, David Berner, Mary Black, Julian Christopher, Aaron Douglas, Lorena Gale, George Gordon, Iris Graham, Taylor Hill, Chelah Horsdal, John Innes, Jeff Johnson, Michael Jonsson, Katie Keating, Terence Kelly, Darrin Maharaj, Ryan McDonald, Marilyn Norry, Joanna Piros, Marsha Regis, Bobby Stewart, Clay St. Thomas, Cory Lee, Liduina Vanderspek, Andrew Wheeler, Ally Warren.

On this day in television history - Band of Brothers (2001):

Band of Brothers

11-part mini-series created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
Based on the book Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose.

Released in the United States on September 9, 2001.
Music by Michael Kamen.

Episode titles:

Currahee; Day of Days; Carentan; Replacements; Crossroads; Bastogne; The Breaking Point; The Last Patrol; Why We Fight; Points; We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company (series companion documentary).

Cast:

Kirk Acevedo, Eion Bailey, Michael Cudlitz, Dale Dye, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Frank John Hughes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, James Madio, Neal McDonough, Rene L. Moreno, David Schwimmer, Richard Speight, Jr., Donnie Wahlberg, Matthew Settle, Douglas Spain, Rick Warden, Marc Warren, Shane Taylor, Dexter Fletcher, Ross McCall, Matthew Leitch, Peter Youngblood Hills, Nicholas Aaron, Philip Barantini, Doug Allen, George Calil, Nolan Hemmings, Robin Laing, Michael Fassbender, Tim Matthews, Craig Heaney, Peter McCabe, Jamie Bamber, Ben Caplan, Mark Huberman, Phil McKee, Mark Lawrence, Rocky Marshall, David Andrews, Bill Armstrong, Jonie Broom, Doug Cockle, Alexis Conran, Dominic Cooper as Allington, Marcos D’Cruze, Tony Devlin, Jimmy Fallon, Simon Fenton, Iain Fletcher, Tom George, Ezra Godden, Stephen Graham, Luke Griffin, Tom Hardy, Matt Hickey, Andrew Howard, Nigel Hoyle, Lucie Jeanne, Corey Johnson, Marc Ryan-Jordan, Wolf Kahler, John Light, Joseph May, James McAvoy, Stephen McCole, Hugo Metsers, Benjamin Montague, Hans Georg Nenning, David Nicolle, Kieran O’Brien, Rebecca Okot, Jason O’Mara, Peter O’Meara, Oscar Pearce, Simon Pegg, Ben Peyton, Andrew Lee Potts, Dave Power, Luke Roberts, Iain Robertson, Toby Ross Bryant, Bart Ruspoli, Alex Sagba, Simon Schatzberger, Andrew Scott, Graham Seed, Adam Sims, Anatole Taubman, Stephen Walters, Paul Williams, Jonathan Young, Colin Hanks.