Genre: Fiction—Thriller & Science
Fiction
Completed: 13 January 2012
Summary & Review:
When he gets a late night
phone call from his estranged brother telling him that their father was in a
coma after a mysterious hit-and-run car accident, Repairman Jack leaves the
comforting confines of New York City to explore the everglades of Florida.
Searching for who was behind his father’s accident, Jack discovers that several
other residents of the retirement community where his father lives have died at
regular three month intervals by mysterious means. With the help of an
enigmatic old lady who is his father’s neighbor, Jack tracks down a clan of
deformed swap-dwellers who seem to be behind the murders.
It hasbeen a while since I last read a Repairman Jack book (a year ago, actually),
and every time I read one I am reminded why I like them. Wilson just crafts his
stories extremely well and has an entertaining, fluid style that makes the pages turn
swiftly. Also, as I have said many times in these reviews, the character of
Repairman Jack is one of my all-time favorites.
I have
read this series somewhat out of order. The first book I read was Crisscross (#13), which is the eighth book in
the cycle and immediately follows Gateways.
So, with a somewhat advanced knowledge of what is coming in the series, I saw
that this book was a pretty critical one in that it set up a lot of the
underlying themes and story lines that continue throughout the Repairman Jack
cycle.
Rating: 8.5
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