Unsolicited Reviews

The Haunted Air by F. Paul Wilson

Well, I thought Repairman Jack’s 5^th outing was his best yet, but this 6^th one is right up there with it. Wilson continues to skilfully weave an RJ story around and into his larger Adversary storyline. I wonder how long he can keep it up?

Jack and Gia encounter the skilful psychic scammers Lyle and Charlie Kenton who operate as mediums to the spirit-world. But maybe they’re too good, because they seem to be under attack from very human agencies—bullets, fire-bombs and other violent and real attacks. RJ is hired to sort out the Kenton’s problems.

But there may be something… odd… about the house in which they live, because it appears to be… really… haunted. And somehow, Gia is drawn toward the ostensible ghost of a young girl.

Yes, there’s a real ghost. But is she all she seems?

Jack and Gia are drawn once again into danger, set up by The Otherness. And this time the danger hits closer to home than ever before. Jack and the Kentons may not be able to counteract the actions of a vengeful dead spirit—and it seems the whole world may be soon in danger.

Wilson, in his usual entertaining style, describes the scams and tricks of the fake spiritualist-medium but then brings the X-Files factor into play to suggest that maybe the scammers don’t know what’s really going on. RJ does, though, and despite his grudging acceptance of supernatural stuff, he must fight The Otherness to protect his most precious asset yet.

Another well-plotted, tightly-paced, and never-let-the-action-flag RJ novel. If you like RJ, you’ll love this one. It’s an absolute cracker.

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