Crisscross

Crisscross is the 8th book in the Repairman Jack series and as is to be expected things are getting darker not only for the world but for Jack. The events Wilson lays before us in this book find Jack’s patience and tolerance for the bad guys wearing very thin. Does it snap? Well that would be a spoiler. As usual Jack is working on two fixes at once but this time neither one go according to plan and place him in a position where he must make a decision. The reviews on this book mention a stab in the ribs of Scientology…yes. But there is far more to the wind that Wilson uses to push the sails of Jack’s ship towards his destiny. The author does a very good job of making Jack and the reader aware that his path is leading him somewhere show more he would rather not be but also to a place he needs to be and exactly what his place will be once he gets there. Wilson knows how people think and it is rather chilling to see how he can tap into the good and bad of what makes us tick. A Nun with a secret and a Scientologyesque cult form the backbone the story. But not to be left out are the guardian angels that have been guiding jack towards Year-Zero. show less

Wilson takes a few pot shots at Scientology in this installment of Repairman Jack. Jack has to infiltrate the Dormentalist Church, and it's some fucked up shit. I really liked this volume because events are coming together to form a bigger, broader picture. For the first time, Jack's fix-its go horribly wrong. And Gia, Jack's special lady, acts as the proverbial loaded gun on stage. I already have book 9 out from the library and am ready to go.

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.

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.

The seventh entry in the string of novels that chronicle Repairman Jack’s adventures between his first appearance in The Tomb and his last in Nightworld, the final act of “The Adversary Cycle.” I can recommend any book in series (but in order is best). Wilson is great at setting up early what he will need at the conclusion. It reads seamlessly.

Like the other Repairman Jack novels, he is hired by two different clients for different jobs, which turn out to be related. In one story line, he is hired by a nun to stop a blackmailer Jack already knows. In the other, he is hired to find an aging woman's son, who has joined a cult. It turns out that the cult has ties to the Otherness, and Jack has to defeat their latest gambit to cause the end of days.

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.