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Rainbow's End
A Washington Post investigative reporter, Emerson Moore, visits Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island and is swept into a number of adventures including hit and run accidents, murder, arson, sailing adventures, dangerous cave explorations and dangerous confrontations in Put-in-Bay's crowded bars. He also solves a mystery left over from the Confederate raiders.
- GenresMystery
410 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2002
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Bob Adamov
35 books19 followersBob Adamov is an Ohio-based mystery adventure writer whose stories are based in the Lake Erie South Bass Island resort town of Put-in-Bay, the “Key West of the Midwest.” His novels follow the adventures of Washington Post investigative reporter, Emerson Moore, and are written in the style of Adamov’s favorite author, Clive Cussler.
Adamov was the featured author at the 2006 Ernest Hemingway Days’ Literary Festival in Key West and named 2010’s Writer of the Year by the University of Akron’s Wayne College.
His first novel, Rainbow’s End, was a finalist as the top fiction novel for the 2003 Great Lakes Book Award competition that was won by the Pulitzer Prize-winner, Middlesex.
All of his novels were rated “5 Stars” by the Midwest Book Review and named as top novels in northeast Ohio by the Akron Beacon Journal. His novels have won awards at the Hollywood Book Festival, London Book Festival, New York Book Festival, Florida Book Festival and the Indie Awards.
He was a guest author at the 2008, 2010, 2015 & 2017 Clive Cussler Collectors Society Convention where he met his hero, Clive Cussler, and toured his car collection. Mr. Cussler endorsed Adamov’s fifth book - “The Other Side of Hell is a great read!”
“Bob Adamov is a superb craftsman of hanging-on-the-edge-of-your-seat mystery adventures…” - Midwest Book Review
Adamov’s favorite authors include Brad Thor, Mark Twain, Ian Fleming, Jack Higgins, and Alistair MacLean. He strives to emulate his favorite author, Clive Cussler, and created a character similar to Cussler’s Dirk Pitt.
His latest novel, Golden Torpedo, was released in July 2017. It continues the popular Emerson Moore series and Adamov’s string of island best sellers which include Rainbow’s End, Pierce the Veil, When Rainbows Walk, Promised Land, The Other Side of Hell, Tan Lines, Sandustee, Zenobia and Missing.
A Kent State University graduate, Adamov resides in Wooster, Ohio. He often can be seen in Put-in-Bay, Key West and the Cayman Islands with his scuba diving, boating and treasure hunting friends. He had worked for an Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor in the intelligence sector.
Adamov is drafting the next novel in the series – Chincoteague Calm involving mysterious NASA rocket explosions and covert Russian and Chinese saboteurs on Chincoteague Island in Virginia. He is also working on Flight, which deals with a mystery surrounding former Bellevue resident and railroad tycoon Henry Flager and a train to Key West.
Adamov was the featured author at the 2006 Ernest Hemingway Days’ Literary Festival in Key West and named 2010’s Writer of the Year by the University of Akron’s Wayne College.
His first novel, Rainbow’s End, was a finalist as the top fiction novel for the 2003 Great Lakes Book Award competition that was won by the Pulitzer Prize-winner, Middlesex.
All of his novels were rated “5 Stars” by the Midwest Book Review and named as top novels in northeast Ohio by the Akron Beacon Journal. His novels have won awards at the Hollywood Book Festival, London Book Festival, New York Book Festival, Florida Book Festival and the Indie Awards.
He was a guest author at the 2008, 2010, 2015 & 2017 Clive Cussler Collectors Society Convention where he met his hero, Clive Cussler, and toured his car collection. Mr. Cussler endorsed Adamov’s fifth book - “The Other Side of Hell is a great read!”
“Bob Adamov is a superb craftsman of hanging-on-the-edge-of-your-seat mystery adventures…” - Midwest Book Review
Adamov’s favorite authors include Brad Thor, Mark Twain, Ian Fleming, Jack Higgins, and Alistair MacLean. He strives to emulate his favorite author, Clive Cussler, and created a character similar to Cussler’s Dirk Pitt.
His latest novel, Golden Torpedo, was released in July 2017. It continues the popular Emerson Moore series and Adamov’s string of island best sellers which include Rainbow’s End, Pierce the Veil, When Rainbows Walk, Promised Land, The Other Side of Hell, Tan Lines, Sandustee, Zenobia and Missing.
A Kent State University graduate, Adamov resides in Wooster, Ohio. He often can be seen in Put-in-Bay, Key West and the Cayman Islands with his scuba diving, boating and treasure hunting friends. He had worked for an Arlington, Virginia-based defense contractor in the intelligence sector.
Adamov is drafting the next novel in the series – Chincoteague Calm involving mysterious NASA rocket explosions and covert Russian and Chinese saboteurs on Chincoteague Island in Virginia. He is also working on Flight, which deals with a mystery surrounding former Bellevue resident and railroad tycoon Henry Flager and a train to Key West.
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December 14, 2017
Bob Adamov is a HR executive who has dealt with public relations, finance, and crisis management. His adventure mysteries primarily deal with the Lake Erie area and incorporate its history. Perhaps this is why his first book, which stretches from the Civil War to contemporary Put-in-Bay has so many glaring faults. Most paragraphs are one or two sentences, composed of maddeningly similar sentence structures, while grammar and spelling errors pop up continually.
It's difficult to understand why all the villains are French except that it affords Adamov the opportunity to have them exclaim "Sacre Bleu" and "mon ami" at an alarming rate. (And just for the record, spelling and grammar errors are not confined to English.)
Additionally, the dialogue is stilted and painfully unbelievable. Near the end, when the hero, Emerson Moore is bidding goodbye to the married Martine "with the cute nose" and "great figure", he declares, "You're the only woman who has ever made me want to violate my personal code of ethics." I kept asking myself if this book was meant to be a campy Austin Powers-type spoof, but, sadly, it seems the author was serious.
It should also be mentioned that Martine who is verbally and physically abused by her sniveling husband Tim, shakes this off by explaining that he gets grouchy sometimes. Readers are also subjected to detailed conversations with Martine's son which involve his need to use the toilet, and Emerson's ex- Seal buddy who reappears after narrowly escaping sure death while yodeling E-I-E-I-O.
Perhaps the biggest mystery ( and it sure ain't his plot) centers on how Adamov has gone on to author over half a dozen more adventures of this ilk. But then again, with Ohio fans who can still support the Browns, anything is possible.
It's difficult to understand why all the villains are French except that it affords Adamov the opportunity to have them exclaim "Sacre Bleu" and "mon ami" at an alarming rate. (And just for the record, spelling and grammar errors are not confined to English.)
Additionally, the dialogue is stilted and painfully unbelievable. Near the end, when the hero, Emerson Moore is bidding goodbye to the married Martine "with the cute nose" and "great figure", he declares, "You're the only woman who has ever made me want to violate my personal code of ethics." I kept asking myself if this book was meant to be a campy Austin Powers-type spoof, but, sadly, it seems the author was serious.
It should also be mentioned that Martine who is verbally and physically abused by her sniveling husband Tim, shakes this off by explaining that he gets grouchy sometimes. Readers are also subjected to detailed conversations with Martine's son which involve his need to use the toilet, and Emerson's ex- Seal buddy who reappears after narrowly escaping sure death while yodeling E-I-E-I-O.
Perhaps the biggest mystery ( and it sure ain't his plot) centers on how Adamov has gone on to author over half a dozen more adventures of this ilk. But then again, with Ohio fans who can still support the Browns, anything is possible.
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January 28, 2019
Bob Adamov, in his first novel, has put together a fast-moving, action-packed adventure. It begins with Colonel Shelby Harrington, commissioned by Jefferson Davis to make a daring rescue of Confederate officers imprisoned on Johnson's island in Lake Erie, and others imprisoned in Columbus, Ohio, and in Indianapolis. The mission also includes accepting a trunk filled with treasure for the South and a secret document, both to be personally delivered to Jefferson Davis. The elaborate plans require stealth and coordination by Harrington's thirty men, unfortunately, the men, unable to discipline their own ambitions, act too soon, and the mission fails. On January 5, 1864, the men are captured or killed, and the trunk with the secret document is lost.
The story then jumps to the present time, introduces new characters: Emerson Moore, Jacques and Francois L'Hostes, Martine and Tim Tobin, their son Austin, Martine's grandfather Professor Anderson, Emerson's Aunt Anne and Emerson's close friend Slamming Sammy Duncan. The locale remains the islands in Lake Erie near Sandusky, Ohio. Adamov provides interesting descriptions of the islands, both at present and during the Civil War. The descriptions are obviously based on first-hand experience. His historical details, upon investigation, turn out to be correct. Only the characters and the plot are fictional.
The reader gets to know Emerson Moore, some of the wounds Emerson suffered, and sees how Emerson acts toward a beautiful woman (Martine) who is in a troubled marriage. Jacques and his son are the villains, rich, powerful, and corrupt. Adamov skillfully blends the experiences of the modern day characters with the Confederate rescue attempt in a way that keeps you guessing until the end of the book. The action includes friction between Moore and the L'Hostes, a developing affection between Moore and Martine, fist fights, automobile hit and run attempts, murders, speed boat chases, helicopter attacks, dangerous underground caves, and a technological marvel of a robot that really exists. Adamov describes the place setting for the novel, the Lake Erie islands, in enough detail to make you want to visit them yourself. Professor Anderson is a geologist with Ohio University. His exploration of the underground caves makes the islands all the more interesting.
Adamov comes from a human resource, public relations, background and has written for industry. This is his first work of fiction. He is a history buff, which greatly enhances his book, and owns a restored 1939 Packard. His knowledge of cars and mechanical devices also come out in his book. Without ruining the reader's suspense, I can say that "Rainbow's End" is an interesting story of modern day people struggling with good and evil, their lives molded by events in their youth and events one hundred and fifty years ago. They struggle to set things right amid challenging obstacles, lots of adventure, and, in the end, things work out in a surprising and satisfying way. I liked this book. I live on the shore of Lake Erie and may someday go sightseeing on the Lake Erie islands, just to see the local Adamov wrote about.
The story then jumps to the present time, introduces new characters: Emerson Moore, Jacques and Francois L'Hostes, Martine and Tim Tobin, their son Austin, Martine's grandfather Professor Anderson, Emerson's Aunt Anne and Emerson's close friend Slamming Sammy Duncan. The locale remains the islands in Lake Erie near Sandusky, Ohio. Adamov provides interesting descriptions of the islands, both at present and during the Civil War. The descriptions are obviously based on first-hand experience. His historical details, upon investigation, turn out to be correct. Only the characters and the plot are fictional.
The reader gets to know Emerson Moore, some of the wounds Emerson suffered, and sees how Emerson acts toward a beautiful woman (Martine) who is in a troubled marriage. Jacques and his son are the villains, rich, powerful, and corrupt. Adamov skillfully blends the experiences of the modern day characters with the Confederate rescue attempt in a way that keeps you guessing until the end of the book. The action includes friction between Moore and the L'Hostes, a developing affection between Moore and Martine, fist fights, automobile hit and run attempts, murders, speed boat chases, helicopter attacks, dangerous underground caves, and a technological marvel of a robot that really exists. Adamov describes the place setting for the novel, the Lake Erie islands, in enough detail to make you want to visit them yourself. Professor Anderson is a geologist with Ohio University. His exploration of the underground caves makes the islands all the more interesting.
Adamov comes from a human resource, public relations, background and has written for industry. This is his first work of fiction. He is a history buff, which greatly enhances his book, and owns a restored 1939 Packard. His knowledge of cars and mechanical devices also come out in his book. Without ruining the reader's suspense, I can say that "Rainbow's End" is an interesting story of modern day people struggling with good and evil, their lives molded by events in their youth and events one hundred and fifty years ago. They struggle to set things right amid challenging obstacles, lots of adventure, and, in the end, things work out in a surprising and satisfying way. I liked this book. I live on the shore of Lake Erie and may someday go sightseeing on the Lake Erie islands, just to see the local Adamov wrote about.
August 24, 2017
I was distracted by the one/two sentence paragraphs. The story itself was intriguing, with a great deal of American history woven throughout. Pretty decent character development and a fair amount of foreshadowing kept me reading through the uncommon format. I would recommend this to anyone familiar with the Lake Erie islands, as it has a lot of local details.
June 25, 2022
I had to force myself to finish this. It’s a great story, it has great twists, interesting conflicts; but it’s hard to see all that underneath the cheesy dialogue, spelling errors, disgusting “romance”, and need to slip in irrelevant details. I will be reading the sequel though. Maybe he gets better🤞
December 4, 2017
two men in search of a mystery.
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September 20, 2023Discovered while in Put in bay.
August 19, 2013
Met the author and purchased a couple of his books at the 2013 Cleveland Tall Ships festival back in July. The Erie Islands, including South Bass Island and Put-In-Bay are some of my favorite local get-away locations. Rainbow's End, the first in Adamov's Emerson Moore series, is interwoven with fascinating historical facts and events about the islands, particularly from the Civil War period.
I should add, through clever use of font size and paragraph spacing, the book makes about 400 pages out of what I think normally would be about 200. As such it reads pretty fast, but I have to say I wasn't disappointed and look forward to the the author's other books in this series.
I should add, through clever use of font size and paragraph spacing, the book makes about 400 pages out of what I think normally would be about 200. As such it reads pretty fast, but I have to say I wasn't disappointed and look forward to the the author's other books in this series.
May 20, 2014
An interesting story by local (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) author, Adamov set in Put-On-Bay, OH. It starts out with Confederate raiders plotting to free prisoners on Johnson's Island and then moves on to a modern day thriller.
December 13, 2008
Bob Adamov introduces Emerson Moore in an adventure/thriller. Good story and easy to read. Being local to the Lake Erie Islands, it was fun to hear stories about the surrounding area. I recommend it to anyone looking for an adventure filled with recent and historic references.
September 29, 2012
The story flowed perfectly. Being a Northeast Ohioian I could imagine the spots Bob was describing. Excellent action with enough twists to keep things moving at a breakneck pace.
September 15, 2016
This book was interesting because it describes Put-In-Bay etc. and you find yourself wondering if it is fact or fiction . The ending is a little silly, but a good read.
December 6, 2017
Onvan : Rainbow's End - Nevisande : Bob Adamov - ISBN : 1929774168 - ISBN13 : 9781929774166 - Dar 410 Safhe - Saal e Chap : 2002
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