Jim Rook series by Graham Masterton (Books #4-7)
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Overview: In 1997 Graham Masterton released ROOK, about a high school remedial teacher who investigates supernatural cases. Jim Rook almost died at an early age, but he managed to overcome the pneumonia; this miracle blessed him with the ability to see ghosts. He uses this power to help one of his students who is charged with murder, and faces the realities behind local legends and superstitions, just as Harry Erskine in the Manitou series traverses Native American mythos to find real demons at work therein.
Genre: Horror
Snowman
When Jack Hubbard enrolls in West Grove Community College, hes assigned to Jim Rooks remedial English class. Soon the California campus and student body, sweltering in a torrid June, are experiencing mighty strange goings-on: A water fountain freezes solid; a mens room is coated with giant ice crystals; a classmate wearing Jacks sweatshirt is frozen to a handrail and can be removed only minus his arms; the school pool completely freezes, trapping several in its depths and killing one. Whats behind the freaky weather? Spirit-sensitive Rook (Tooth and Claw, 1997, etc.) and his Tarot-reading cat (dont ask) concur that its a vengeful Inuit spirit who was promised Jacks soul by his dad in exchange for leading him to safety from a crisis-strewn Alaska expedition, only to see the old man renege on the deal. Rook takes off for Alaska with both Hubbards, his cat, a magic mirror, and a supply of Snickers ust the equipment that will allow him eventually to confront the spirit demon in Dead Mans Mansion, a northern folly built by a survivor of the Titanic, who may have made his own pact with the hood-shrouded, ice- spewing spirit. If you think Snickers will sustain you on a trek through the tundra, you’ll undoubtedly think Rook is the most beloved teacher since Mr. Chips. A blend of jaunty dialogue, floridly chilling demises, and preposterous phenomena.
Swimmer
It enters the water, and takes on the shape of The Swimmer…
He recognises her voice, but she is hysterical. She has no one else to turn to. Her son has been killed, drowned, but the murderer has left no trace. Her distraught tears shake him to his core – he must help, if he can. She says that the child was a victim of a vengeful spirit. She says that the police believe she is insane. Jennie Oppenheimer was once a student in Jim Rook’s Special Class II in ’91. And she knows about his psychic powers, that he feels demons running through the streets, that he sees dead people, with their sad, bewildered faces reflecting in windows. So she is convinced that he will have an answer for her – and for her dead son, Mickey. But soon the angry, restless spirit of The Swimmer claims one victim after another – all friends or students of the gifted Jim Rook – and he realises that her hatred is directed at him. One person knows why she is seeking revenge, but only Rook has the strength to fight against the destructive forces of The Swimmer and the ally she has found in water…
Dark Room
A spate of unexplained fires spreads across Los Angeles, killing indiscriminately, tearing up the city, destroying people’s faith. There seems to be no probable cause for the fires; arson and murder are not suspected but surely they can’t have been started by something as fanciful as spontaneous combustion. Can they?
Jim Rook, newly returned from a disastrous sojourn in Washington DC, is called upon to assist with the LAPD’s investigation. The police hope that Rook, a special needs teacher with the rare ability to see demons and spirits, can look past the facts of each case and come up with some answers. Meanwhile, a mysterious portrait hung over the fireplace of Rook’s new apartment sends him and his remedial English class off on an investigation into the past, where a myth about photography and the human soul seems unwilling to be forgotten. Could this really be the link he’s looking for? Or will it only lead him
Demon’s Door
Jim Rook, the community-college remedial English teacher and investigator of strange phenomena, returns for another adventure. It begins somberly: Rook accidentally runs over and kills his beloved cat, Tiddles. But then one of his students gives him a basket with an unusual gift inside: Tiddles, looking and acting as if nothing had happened. The student tells Jim that this is a gift from Kwisin, a Korean spirit—or perhaps demon—who is expressing gratitude, in advance, for something Jim will do for her (naturally Jim figures this probably isn’t a good sign, and, as usual, he’s right). As with the previous Rook novels, the story is frightening without being terrifying, with a hero who’s a regular guy who happens to possess some psychic abilities that enable him to cross over the boundary between the real and the surreal. A solid entry in the series.
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