Book Review: The John Lennon Affair

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

The John Lennon Affair     Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC
Robert S. Levinson
Class/Genre:   Mystery
Series: Neil Gulliver and Stevie Marriner
Forge, Aug 2001, $24.95, 320 pp.

Neil Guliver, star columnist of the Daily and Soap Opera Star Steve Marriner have been divorced for seven years, but everyone knows they still have strong feelings for one another. With the James Dean serial killer look a like still on the loose (SEE THE JAMES DEAN AFFAIR), Neil has moved in to Stevie's mini-mansion. He knows her home has a state of the art security system and a full time bodyguard.

Their safety is once again threatened by outside forces when Neil becomes involved in the John Lennon Imagine That Revival. A treasury agent wants Stevie and Neil to obtain the inside information on money laundering by local mobster Aaron Lodger, a powerful person with mighty high connections. Mr. Lodger tells Stevie and Neil that the treasury Agent was responsible for the two mismanaged hits on President Ford and one on President Reagan. The daring duo does not know whom to believe, but they know their lives are in jeopardy because it seems as if everyone is out to finish them off.

THE JOHN LENNON AFFAIR is a fascinating and reliable trip down memory lane for the baby boomer generation, bringing back a special place in the heart's of the over forty crowd. The shoot them up action scenes add a sense of adventure to the well articulated and subtly executed novel. The romance between the two lead characters adds a lot of spice to a very enthralling thriller. Robert S. Levinson enchants the reader with his magical writing ability.

Harriet Klausner

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