The Jonah - James Herbert

Brilliant, another one of his best. This is definitely one of his better works as far as I’m concerned, its not as gory as something like the Rats but the story easily makes up for that. Herbert manages to get a very good thriller integrated into his normal scary material. The story itself revolves around a central character called Kelso and the way in which his life has been blighted by unbelievable bad luck or unexplained incidents. It has got that bad that following the death of a policeman in an incident that Kelso could have avoided his colleagues decide that they no longer want him ... more

The Jonah is a very well written novel by James Herbert, though it is eclipsed by his earlier work, especially The Rats, The Lair and The Domain (The Rats Trilogy), The Jonah is a complete and engrossing book. It has dated over the years, as James' use of words and descriptive prowess has grown to such a capacity that I am waiting at his website to find out when the next book is due to be released, but this does not take anything away from it's power to hold the reader until the final page has been turned and read. This is a story of a police officer, Kelso, whose life has been marred by ... more