Jack Messenger

LATEST ARTICLES ( 34 )

• Farewell Olympus ★★★★★ Review

  

  Another ★★★★★ Review I loved reading Farewell Olympus. It was a page-turner with humor and insight, the characters were complicated and fun, and the story... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2018 BOOKS

• Reykjavík | Tom Maremaa

  

  Reykjavík is a novel of the Cold War and its aftermath which takes as its starting point the Reykjavík summit in October 1986 between US President Ronald... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2018 BOOKS

• Crowd of One | Filip Severin

  In Someone Else’s Conspiracy: a book review of Crowd of One, a novel by Filip Severin The epigraph to Crowd of One is taken from Edward Bernays, one of the... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2018 BOOKS

• Verne R. Albright: Two Novels and Twenty-Three Years

  

  Verne Albright lives in Calgary, Canada. He worked on two novels for twenty-three years and in the process received 153 rejection notices from agents and... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2018 BOOKS

• Apocalypse Chow | David Julian Wightman

  

  ‘Mistah Kurtz – he dead’: a book review of Apocalypse Chow, a novel by David Julian Wightman The subtitle to Apocalypse Chow describes it as a ‘remix of Joseph... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2018 BOOKS

• 72 Raisins | Nikki Nash

  

  Monkey on a Wire: a book review of 72 Raisins by Nikki Nash 72 Raisins tells the story of Scott Mullan, a Los Angeles-based comedy writer for The Late Enough... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2018 BOOKS

• ‘This Book is Ingenious. It is a Page-turning, Suspense-f...

  

  ‘This book is ingenious. It is a page-turning, suspense-filled detective story that includes a sharp sense of humour AND it has a hero who fulfils his... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2018 BOOKS

• Do the Wrong Thing | Malcolm Van Delst

  

  Ribbon of Memories: a book review of Do the Wrong Thing, a novel by Malcolm van Delst On several occasions, I was fortunate to hear Malcolm van Delst, a writer... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2018 BOOKS

• I Enjoyed This Easy-to-read Police Procedural Mystery. It...

  

  I enjoyed this easy-to-read police procedural mystery. It’s set in present-day Japan (Tokyo mostly), which is a fascinating milieu and a character in itself. Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 BOOKS

• A Thing of the Moment | Bruno Noble

  

  Painted Ladies: A book review of A Thing of the Moment, a novel by Bruno Noble The power ‘to see ourselves as others see us’ is described as a gift by Robert... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2018 BOOKS

• ‘The Third Most Enjoyable Aspect of Farewell Olympus is h...

  

  ‘The third most enjoyable aspect of Farewell Olympus is how Messenger effortlessly inserts new evidence, time and again, that makes us realize what fools we wer... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2018 BOOKS

• A Body’s Just as Dead | Cathy Adams

  

  Rights and Wrongs: A book review of A Body’s Just as Dead, a novel by Cathy Adams At the current dismal juncture of US social and political history, it is... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2018 BOOKS

• Welcome to Saint Angel | William Luvaas

  Land of the Free: A book review of Welcome to Saint Angel, a novel by William Luvaas Appropriately, this review of William Luvaas’s rollickingly farcical Welcom... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2018 BOOKS

• ‘A Delightful Farce … Messenger’s Ability to Convolute Re...

  

  ‘A delightful farce … Messenger’s ability to convolute readers’ preconceived notions of the mystery genre creates an ending that is both surprising,... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2018 BOOKS

• ‘Farewell Olympus is a Witty and Sharply Written Comic No...

  

  ‘Farewell Olympus is a witty and sharply written comic novel with an engaging hero dazed and confused by almost everything, from his beautiful but enigmatic... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2018 BOOKS

• An Interview with Andrea Lechner-Becker

  

  Andrea Lechner-Becker lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Her debut novel, Sixty Days Left, was published on 15 May 2018. What would you do with just sixty days left? Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2018 BOOKS

• The Journal | R. D. Stevens

  

  Tale of Two Journals: A book review of The Journal, a novel by R. D. Stevens There is a key moment in Robin Stevens’ The Journal when Ethan Willis, a young man... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2018 BOOKS

• School for Scoundrels: A Book Review of The Well Deceived...

  

  School for Scoundrels: A book review of The Well Deceived, a novel by Isaac Kuhnberg The haunted and haunting image on the cover of The Well Deceived, Isaac... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2018 BOOKS

• Black Queen White City | Sonya Kudei

  

  Tramway to the Stars: A book review of Black Queen White City, a novel by Sonya Kudei Black Queen White City begins with a number seventeen tram sitting... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2018 BOOKS

• Farewell Olympus Unveiled

  

  #news-bar-c38d44b7eeddd3f7c83dd830dadd2201.news-bar-style-1 strong{ background-color: #e63846; } #news-bar-c38d44b7eeddd3f7c83dd830dadd2201. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 BOOKS