{"id":611,"date":"2008-07-19T15:16:41","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T19:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=611"},"modified":"2021-06-02T18:34:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T22:34:49","slug":"crisscross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/611","title":{"rendered":"Crisscross"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crisscross<\/a><\/em> (2004) F. Paul Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jack is still in the Repairman business, despite the fact that Gia doesn’t like the way she never knows if he’ll return safely from his fix-it jobs. And with Gia’s pregnancy (Despite the fact this is a multi-book pregnancy, Gia is only at 20 weeks. She might be pregnant for years at this rate) Jack is becoming uncomfortable with putting himself in harm’s way, for the pain his death would cause to Gia and Vicki.<\/p>\n

Jack takes on two fix-its. First is an old woman who wants to discover how her son, who joined the Dormentalist Cult, is doing. The second is a woman who is being blackmailed and can no longer pay. ANd as with previous books, there are no more coincidences in Jack’s life. <\/p>\n

A little less Gia in this book, and a little less of Jack’s personal life, but two very good fix-its. Though I have to admit that being involved (excluding Gia) seems to be rather deadly, since so many people he deals with end up dead. I’m beginning to be surprised when people make it to the end of the story, as opposed to being surprised that Wilson is so willing to kill off so many characters.<\/p>\n

But primarily I really liked the fix-its in this book. <\/p>\n

If you like Repairman Jack, then you’ll want to pick up this books. If you have not yet read a Repairman Jack book, you could conceivably start here, however you’ll have picl up on the background really qucikly.
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Crisscross (2004) F. Paul Wilson Jack is still in the Repairman business, despite the fact that Gia doesn’t like the way she never knows if he’ll return safely from his fix-it jobs. And with Gia’s pregnancy (Despite the fact this is a multi-book pregnancy, Gia is only at 20 weeks. 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