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Conspiracies by F. Paul Wilson

The 3^rd in the “Repairman Jack” series. Didn’t review the 2^nd (called Legacies) because it was entertaining but not great.

This one—like the first one—puts Jack firmly back where he belongs, in X-Files territory.

Melanie Ehler, a member of the conspiracy-bonding group SESOUP, has gone missing for some inexplicable reason. Her husband Lew hires Jack to find out where she’s gone.

Jack attends the 1^st annual SESOUP conference to find out what’s been going on—and finds, through nightmares, that maybe the horrors from his 1^st encounter (The Tomb) aren’t as dead as he thought.

In this novel, Wilson fullly engages his character and sets a template for future Repairman Jack novels. The action and characters are big and seem to tie in with his Adversary cycle.

Jack, Gia and Vicky—the core of Jack’s life—play well but safely against the cosmic events of the novel.

When Jack finally uncovers the truth of Melanie’s disappearance, Gia and Vicky are nowhere to be seen but the Fate-Of-The-World™ rests squarely on Jack’s shoulders. Which is as it should be!

One of the best Repairman Jack series I’ve yet read.

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