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Jack Spade: Dream Detective
James Harper has a strange problem. Whenever he falls asleep, he dreams that he is a hard-nosed private investigator named Jack Spade with an office in San Francisco, and he has been transported back in time-from the 1980s to the 1940s. Spade and his trusted partner, Joe Sawyer, must find Lauren Jefferson, a beautiful young socialite who has gone missing-but Lauren has a deep, dark secret. Jake Spade will stop at nothing to solve his case in this whirlwind adventure of suspense, blackmail, and intrigue.
258 pages, Paperback
First published October 23, 2013
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May 4, 2015
A vintage Detective
first of all a huge thanks to the author for providing me with the copy of the book
I absolutely loved the theme and concept of the book. It is brilliant, brainy, creative and something unique.The execution may not be that awesome but is not bad too. I found the book fair enough.The book is more like a simpler version of inception. Going into dream of a dream.
There are two parallel stories and characters running the show and while at times it becomes hard to track, the book in general brings a good story.All i could think of saying is that maybe the book needs a little more of polishing but otherwise with a new concept and idea at hand, the book does manages to shine and impress. Since the book carries two heavyweight stories and character set, it required a little more attention because right now one of the story outshines and beats the other one.
so basically what i am saying is that one half of the book is super impressive, well crafted and cut to perfection but the other half is a bit unfinished and left in the middle and requires a little more attention.I felt that towards the end,things seemed to be a little rushed
The book has a good core and uses two parallel stories and while one half needs a bit more attention, the other half is the star of the book and what makes it worthy. In fact i felt that the book could have sufficed without going into two parallel story mode and just adhering to the stronger story to make it a perfect book but having said so the book still is a good one to give a try where the settings take you back in time. Language and narration is good.
first of all a huge thanks to the author for providing me with the copy of the book
I absolutely loved the theme and concept of the book. It is brilliant, brainy, creative and something unique.The execution may not be that awesome but is not bad too. I found the book fair enough.The book is more like a simpler version of inception. Going into dream of a dream.
There are two parallel stories and characters running the show and while at times it becomes hard to track, the book in general brings a good story.All i could think of saying is that maybe the book needs a little more of polishing but otherwise with a new concept and idea at hand, the book does manages to shine and impress. Since the book carries two heavyweight stories and character set, it required a little more attention because right now one of the story outshines and beats the other one.
so basically what i am saying is that one half of the book is super impressive, well crafted and cut to perfection but the other half is a bit unfinished and left in the middle and requires a little more attention.I felt that towards the end,things seemed to be a little rushed
The book has a good core and uses two parallel stories and while one half needs a bit more attention, the other half is the star of the book and what makes it worthy. In fact i felt that the book could have sufficed without going into two parallel story mode and just adhering to the stronger story to make it a perfect book but having said so the book still is a good one to give a try where the settings take you back in time. Language and narration is good.
March 29, 2015
James is a down and out private investigator. He doesn’t have much business to keep him busy so basically he sleeps at his desk all day. He dreams that he is a successful P.I. named Jack Spade, who has a case of locating a beautiful woman who doesn’t want to be found. No matter where James goes, he falls asleep and picks up where he left off in his Jack Spade dream.
I like the idea of a story within a story. This was a fun read trying to solve the case. Of course, like Spade, I didn’t know who to trust. And I wondered if James would be getting a similar case because I felt he needed more depth to his character, and more storyline. But my assessment seems off after reading the last paragraph.
I like the idea of a story within a story. This was a fun read trying to solve the case. Of course, like Spade, I didn’t know who to trust. And I wondered if James would be getting a similar case because I felt he needed more depth to his character, and more storyline. But my assessment seems off after reading the last paragraph.
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