Jeff Bailey Reviews Dan McDowell's Pool Man

 

Today is a fun day. Not only do I have the pleasure of posting a review of Dan McDowell's horror novel Pool Man, but I have the added pleasure of posting the back cover of the book. Look close, Dan quoted a line from my review as a citation on the back cover. This is a big first for me.
I had the pleasure to be a beta-reader on Pool Man and enjoyed the book immensely. Pool Man is a ‘Twilight Zone’ quality horror story with a twist at the end that absolutely surprised me, and that isn’t an easy thing to do. Well done, Dan. Yes, Pool Man was an intricate horror story, but I’m a conspiracy thriller writer. I do love a good conspiracy thriller. And Dan snuck the ‘bomb’ of a conspiracy thriller into Pool Man, and I didn’t realize it until the last few pages. Thinking back over the story, Dan introduced all the innuendos and clues to the conspiracy so cleverly that I when I finished the book, I was slapping my cheeks that I didn’t pick up the threads and clues until the end. Super well done, Dan, five stars for a sleeper of a conspiracy thriller in horror story form.

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Jeff Bailey Reviews Jennifer Lao's Beautiful Hero

 

An absolute revelation and a ‘social issues’ must read for everyone. I found Beautiful Hero to be a truly an inspiring story of how Jennifer Lau, her 5 siblings, and her parents survived the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia. The memoir highlights just how brutal and destructive a society based on greed, anger, hate and bullying can be. Jennifer quantified it for all of us when said, ‘…fifteen people out of my family of forty-six: a thirty-two percent casualty rate ….of us who marched into the countryside during the forced evacuation didn’t make It out alive.’ I have never understood the anger/hate mentality that seems to live by the call-to-action, ‘I must find someone to hate.’ Thank you for your beautiful book that I hope sparks a bit of a return to servility and tolerance for our society.

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Jeff Bailey's Review of Tim Schueler's 22 Dutch Road

 

        22 Dutch Road by T.C. Schueler was absolutely top shelf. The hero, Billy Buchanan, has to go back to his home town to help with his late father’s estate at 22 Dutch Road and to receive a small interim check. Billy and his mom need to the check to stave off the financial wolves. When he arrives at the estate, he is surprised by the ring of eight-foot carved stone statues of warriors ringing the manor house just inside the property line. That’s about the only normal part of 22 Dutch Road. Everything that followed was … well, was … bordering on the bazaar, starting with having the statues seeming to turn to follow him with their gaze.

I especially liked that Schueler took his time telling, or rather showing the story in words as though he was describing a movie. His presentation was very in depth. He told of the characters mental states, feelings, interactions, and the effects they had on each other. The extra insights definitely added to the story line. I mean, he took several pages to describe a simple hand of high-stakes poker that played to the story. Several pages - and every word was captivating and important to later scenes.

The ending was what made it all. Several tiers if cliff-hanger upon cliff-hanger. Even after the credits rolled (as it were) closure was brought to some of the plot elements and to the surviving characters.

I have just three words for T.C. Schueler: Unique, Unique, Unique. A great mix of light horror and sci-fi. I am now a big fan and can’t wait for his next book.

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William Kilpack III Review's Jeff Bailey's Not On My Watch

 

              Interesting story with real-life expertise in nuclear weapons handling and the surrounding security measures, not to mention military training. Those elements give [Not On My Watch] a solid base in reality. Those details take it beyond people dressed in fatigues to people living military life. The flashbacks to Marine training were educational and held my interest. There are no super heroes here; these are real people showing real heroism and pride in service.

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