Mosaic [Import] [Hardcover]

John R. Maxim (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 405 pages
• Publisher: New York Avon; 1 edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749904879
• ISBN-13: 978-0749904876
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)

More About the Author

John R. Maxim was born in Greenwich Village, NYC, educated at NY Jesuit Schools (Xavier and Fordham) played all the street sports and most team sports.
Comes from a family of cops and a few Feds. After school, took up flying, skydiving and dirt-track stock car racing until the Military decided it could do without him. Then went into marketing and advertising. Several awards. Rose to Senior VP at major New York Advertising agencies. Work involved a great deal of international travel. Major hobby back then was sailing.
Always wanted to write, however, and, one night on the bar car, decided to give it a year, succeed or fail. Sold first novel at age 41. Wrote 12 more plus one non-fiction, averaging a year and a half each. Translated into ten languages. Several were optioned for film or TV. Still waiting.
Took up skiing. Many trips to Switzerland and Colorado. With the kids gone, sold our Connecticut house and moved to Hilton Head Island with his beautiful wife, Christine, herself a champion sailor.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars John R. Maxim never fails to please, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mosaic (Hardcover)

When some of my favorite writers start getting into their sixth or better book I have found sometimes a formula, or a pattern to their novels. This usually turns me off of the writer. In John R. Maxim's case he is the Energizer Bunny of mystery novels, he keeps on going and going. The themes may be somewhat the same in his books, which is fine, but you're never quite sure about the ending.

Other people reviewing this book call the second half "slow". I must disagree. It all seemed to tie the ends of the book together nicely. Maybe it did not have the flash-bang finish of a Haven or a to-be-continued of the Bannerman series; but it was very essential to bringing everything together.

In the case of this book I felt there really was no clear cut lead character, everyone was responsible for holding up an important end to the story. I enjoyed that aspect tremendously, it was very creative writing. To sum it up; Mr Maxim never ceases to amaze me how he can pull these stories out of his mind and get them down in writing. I quite honestly believe that maybe he is a true Mosaic himself, and each of his "friends" writes a different novel.

While lying back and reading this book I could not help but think that Raymond Lesko would have fit nicely into this storyline :)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tautly Drawn Pyschological Thriller, May 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mosaic (Hardcover)

With his latest novel, "Mosaic," John R. Maxim has once again served up a deliciously entertaining thriller. In "Mosaic," Maxim takes readers on a rollercoaster ride through the dark canyons of the human mind. It's a journey that is fraught with spellbinding twists and turns, government conspiracy, a touch of romance, and in the midst of it all, even a bit of humor. I thought that Maxim's best work had been done in his previous novel "Shawdow Box", however, with Mosaic he has reaffirmed his status as one of America's most entertaining novelists. Clearly, Maxim has done his homework for his latest thriller, as he takes readers down the murky labyrinth of the world of Multiple Personality Disorder where the United States Government is engaged in a secret project aimed at turning MPD patients into perfect assassins. Into this cauldron of suspense Maxim has created a host of richly drawn characters. His two central characters are U.S. Air Force Major Roger Grayson who is a multi-talented undercover agent who has been given the daunting challenge of investigating the secrect government experiments involving Multiple Personality Disorder. Susannah Card is a beautiful and mysterious woman who is a natural "Mosaic" --- a MPD sufferer who has the ability to totally control her different personalities. As the story unfolds, Maxim sets up a unique relationship between Grayson and Susannah in which he offers the reader a glimpse into what it might be like for a person to have several different personalities inside his mind. This is a wonderful read that, from the outset, grabs the reader by the lapels, hauls him out of his seat, and drags him down a path of nail-biting suspense.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars READ MOSAIC AND ENJOY!, April 6, 2000

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[e-mail] April 6, 2000 (Chevy Chase, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosaic (Mass Market Paperback)

As usual, John R. Maxim delivers again with Mosaic! I take issue with a reviewer who claims this book is riddled with inaccuracies concerning MPD. To get information on ANY subject, I read non-fiction, not fiction. I read fiction for just what John R. Maxim delivers every time - FUN - suspense - escape. He can be relied upon to take me away from the office and home for the time it takes to read his books, and I treasure every minute. He is an amazing writer and it excites and thrills me to begin each of his novels. I loved Mosaic and suggest you read the review from Massachusetts May 26, 1999 because, if I could write that good its what I would say.