Medical Thriller with Edge of your Seat, Nail Biting Intrigue! 

 Gabriel Farago is a masterful storyteller who skillfully blends actual events and truths with fiction to create a world of intrigue and mystery. His careful research, character development, blending new characters with old, and ability to create and connect different levels into his story, Farago creates an “edge of your seat, nail-biting” tale. The Curious Case of the Missing Head is mesmerizing, and one is tempted to inhale it in one reading!  But to fully appreciate the intricate masterpiece that Farago has written, one should take their time and enjoy it as one enjoys an expensive glass of Chardonnay. 

The Curious Case of the Missing Head is the latest adventure of Jack Rogan and his friends.  They become embroiled in a kidnapping, drug cartel, advanced innovations in technology, Stephen Hawking and so much more all while Rogan looks for clues about his mother.  This is a fascinating “destiny” and medical thriller – everything has a reason and a reason for everything.

This can easily be read as a stand-alone novel, but you WILL be hooked!  Farago has an amazing mind; he makes connections throughout all his novels but in such a way that one can still follow what is going on and not be lost if reading them out of order or individually.

This book is a magnificent piece of literature and should be enjoyed thoroughly.

~ Review by Charla White

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Absolutely awesome…

This is the 5th book in the Jack Rogan Mystery Series and it absolutely delivers an exceptionally well-crafted, fast-paced, globe-trotting thriller full of fascinating characters (some good, some incredibly twisted) that will keep the reader completely captivated until the very last word.  The masterful blend of fact and fiction used to weave this thrilling story will have you wondering what has been taken from real life and what is the product of the author’s gifted imagination.  The amazing fact is that most of the seemingly fantastical parts of the book are, in fact, rooted in reality and that only makes the story more enthralling.  Follow Jack Rogan as he sets off on a breath-taking and perilous adventure to rescue a famous astrophysicist from the clutches of the mafia, a mercenary squad, drug cartels, and evil war criminals.  This is a “must-read”, “don’t-miss”, high-octane adventure that had me clutching my Kindle (e-reader) in a white-knuckled death grip as I furiously flipped page after page well into the wee hours.  I always look forward to a new Jack Rogan mystery and this one exceeded my already high expectations with its fast pace, political intrigue, diverse locales, wonderful characters, and a complex and truly inspired storyline.

If you haven’t read the previous books in this series, you can still enjoy this story without feeling lost as the author provides enough information about past events to keep the reader fully engaged.  Much like potato chips, however, one is never enough.  Having read one Jack Rogan adventure, you will likely want to go back and enjoy each and every one.  These books are clean, well-written mysteries incorporating current issues into fast moving classic adventure stories.  Purely top-shelf entertainment.

While the author did provide me with an advance copy of this book, I chose to purchase a copy for my collection and I am voluntarily offering this unbiased and honest review.

~Review by Kim Schup

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 While searching for clues about his mother’s disappearance in Sudan in the 1970s, Jack receives a phone call from his publicist. Her brother, renowned astrophysicist Professor Zachariah Stolzfus, has disappeared under mysterious and violent circumstances.

While the CIA and MI5 hunt the perpetrators, Jack stumbles across important clues pointing to a notorious Mafia family. Enlisting the help of a psychic, an ageing rock star, an Italian detective, and a CIA agent, Jack is determined to find the professor.

The professor, mortally wounded, is delivered into the skilled hands of an ingenious surgeon. As a man used to taking lives, he is the only one who can save the professor.

As the investigation points across the Atlantic to Colombia and a dangerous drug lord whose son is on death row in Arizona, Jack vanishes.

With time running out to save the professor and Jack, a deadly game ensues between the US and the cartel.

Amid the turmoil, a brilliant mind formulates a theory of everything, and Jack makes a life-changing discovery.

Gabriel Farago entertains his readers with cleverly inter-woven plots that incorporate cutting-edge science to blur the lines between fiction and fact.

This fast-paced, international thriller leaves you eager for more.

~Review by Sally Asnikar