Albert Jack's Ten-minute Mysteries

by Albert Jack

Albert Jack now turns his attention to the mysteries that have haunted us throughout history. Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries cleverly combines his research with riveting stories and hilarious observations.

All life's most perplexing questions UFOs, Crop Circles and Alien invasions ? Where is the Mona Lisa? ( it's not in the Louvre) ? Is the Loch Ness Monster really a circus elephant? ? Will the real Paul McCartney please stand up? ? What happened to the Mary Celeste? ? Who killed Marilyn Monroe? ? What was Agatha Christie 's own mystery? ? Who was Jack the Ripper? and many, many more...

With enough entertaining information to fuel hundreds of pub conversations, fascinating illustrations and all kinds of discoveries to surprise even the most expert conspiracy theorist , Albert Jack's Ten Minute Mysteries is the perfect present for anybody who's ever wondered why...

Genres: Nonfiction, Mystery

368 pages, Hardcover

First published October 4, 2007

About the author

Albert Jack, pen name for Graham Willmott, is an international best-selling author and historian. He is an expert in explaining the unexplained and has appeared on live television shows and has made thousands of radio appearances worldwide.

Reviews

[Thomas Edmund · Rating 5 out of 5]

I guess if you pick this book up its pretty obvious what you're going to get. I really enjoyed the brief explanations of various mysteries, largely because I hadn't heard of all of them yet.

Disappointing however was the variation in explanations. Some of the tales were solved or explained by robust research and evidence. Others Jack simply threw some possible reasons out there and others he simply didn't bother and basically just talked about the mystery.

Nonetheless a good balance of laughs to spookiness so I really enjoyed this one.

[Melanie Cusick-Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

As interesting and as much fun as the Red Herring...Shaggy Dog books. Albert Jack has a real knack for getting dry, heavy factual information into a lovely, readable concise format. I learned more about the Bermuda Triangle and Marilyn Monroe than I ever knew before and the brief 10-minute chapters make them easy to digest and pick up/put down as you wish.

[Sam Burborough · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick, interesting, thought provoking reads

[Julian Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great repository of entertainingly written explanations to many mysteries and conundrums. My favourite is the Loch Ness Monster – although I choose not to believe it. A fun book and good for dipping in an out of.

This is a great sense of satisfaction about the unravelling of mysteries and Mr Jack does it with aplomb.

Immerse yourself in this book.

[Johanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little look at various conspiracy / paranormal etc phenomena and a review of whether they really are as mysterious as are often claimed

[Xanthi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the topics discussed in this book were familiar to me, whilst others not at all. I liked that the book was written with a sense of humour, though I did feel it getting a bit snarky at times.