Now I’ve gone and done it – I’ve found myself another series to work through. F. Paul Wilson’s Repairman Jack is such an interesting character! He doesn’t live “off the grid” in the way that homesteaders do; he has an apartment in New York City, but he has no official identity, no social security number, no bank accounts, none of the things the rest of us couldn’t live without. I’ll read the next few books just to see if I can learn more about Jack.

In The Tomb, Jack is working on two difficult problems. His ex-girlfriend, Gia, has reluctantly asked for his help in finding her missing aunt. At the same time, a client, Kusum Bahkti, has engaged him to find a missing family heirloom. His grandmother was robbed of a necklace that has great sentimental value (and mystical power, but he doesn’t tell Jack about that until much later.) And it turns out that the cases are unexpectedly connected.

Jack is torn between the women in the book. There is Gia, who recoiled from the violence in Jack’s life and broke things off. There is Sujatha Bahkti, Kusum’s sister, a beautiful woman with modern attitudes in stark contrast to her brother’s conservative, caste-centered behavior. But the most powerful force is Vicky, Gia’s daughter. Jack and Vicky adore each other and it breaks Gia’s heart to keep them apart.

As Jack looks for Gia’s Aunt Grace, he is drawn into a dangerous mystery, full of Indian mysticism and supernatural forces. Jack will need to believe in curses and demons if he wants to keep Gian and Vicky safe.

It’s a pretty decent mystery – a quick read, interesting characters, and tantalizing hints at Jack’s past and his future with Gia. I’m not sure that I want every installment to have the same sort of supernatural elements, but I’m willing to give them a shot.