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A nun is being blackmailed by an old enemy, and Jack is hired to locate a young man who has disappeared into the Dormentalist Church, headquartered in NYC. The cult turns out to have ties to the Otherness.

Either this series is getting progressively darker, or the cumulative weight of all the deaths of innocents is getting to me. I'll keep reading, but I need a bit of a break first. ( )
  readinggeek451 | Jun 13, 2009 |
Jack is hired for two cases - to help a nun who is being blackmailed, and to discover what is going on with the son of a wealthy woman.

The latter has become a member of a cult that is rather like the Scientologists. However, this lot is worse than just being a brainwashing bunch of scuzzbucket usurers.

These are connected to the 'Other' and fancy a bit of human sacrifice and other horrific schemes.

Jack has an ally, a reporter investigating the cult, but may be in over his head.

Because of the two cases, this entry is a little longer, it seems.

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2009/03... ( )
  bluetyson | Mar 28, 2009 |
A nun is being blackmailed by an old enemy, and Jack is hired to locate a young man who has disappeared into the Dormentalist Church, headquartered in NYC. The cult turns out to have ties to the Otherness.

Either this series is getting progressively darker, or the cumulative weight of all the deaths of innocents is getting to me. I'll keep reading, but I need a bit of a break first. ( )
  | Dec 14, 2008 | edit | |
The 8th book in the Repairman Jack series, this seems more like a big build up for things to come. Normally the Jack novels can stand on their own if need be, but this one pulls a lot from the past and appears to be setting the stage for the future...
Now to I guess I have to order in The Last Rakosh: A Repairman Jack Tale, which they are calling #9, though it’s actually an older story reprinted. ( )
  youthfulzombie | Feb 3, 2008 |
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This little jaunt was a departure from Jack's SOP of meeting prospective customers in a place of his choosing.
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Repairman Jack is back! An anonymous mercenary, with no last name and no social security number, Jack has thrilled a veritable army of readers ever since his bestselling debut in The Tomb. Jack can fix any problem, supernatural or otherwise, for a price. Now, in his latest gripping adventure, he takes on two cases at once.

The first involves a nun being blackmailed by someone who has photos of her she doesn't want made public. What's in those photos, she won't say, but with her meager savings just about exhausted, she hires Jack to help her.

The second seems straightforward enough, as an elderly woman hires Jack to find her missing son. But to locate his quarry, Jack must infiltrate the inner reaches of the Dormentalist Church, a secretive, globe-spanning cult whose members include some of the biggest and most powerful names in entertainment, sports, and politics. Ruthless in its pursuit of critics and enemies, the Church hides a sinister agenda known only to its ruling elite.

But Jack can be ruthless, too, going to darker lengths than ever before as he crisscrosses the two fix-it jobs to settle the deadliest of scores!

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