Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire

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Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire

by Malcolm R. Campbell (Goodreads Author)

4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 · rating details · 5 ratings · 2 reviews

Readers who enjoy hard-bitten, wisecracking characters will surely fall in love with Jock Stewart, the main character in the new Malcolm Campbell novel, Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire. The story of the book revolves around the disappearance of the race horse, Sea of Fire, but it features a wagon load of human "horsing around" by the many colorful characters Campb...more

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Published July 29th 2009 by Vanilla Heart Publishing

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Jul 05, 2010 Dianne Salerni rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire is the first novel starring the wise-cracking journalist who heretofore has appeared in the Morning Satirical New blog and in the satire news article collection The Worst of Jock Stewart. (Jock Stewart is rumored to be the alter-ego of author Malcolm R. Campbell.) Jock Stewart is an old school journalist who started his career by handsetting metal type and doesn’t appreciate the nuances of the upcoming digital news age as much as his editor wishes he woul...more Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire is the first novel starring the wise-cracking journalist who heretofore has appeared in the Morning Satirical New blog and in the satire news article collection The Worst of Jock Stewart. (Jock Stewart is rumored to be the alter-ego of author Malcolm R. Campbell.) Jock Stewart is an old school journalist who started his career by handsetting metal type and doesn’t appreciate the nuances of the upcoming digital news age as much as his editor wishes he would. As the Star-Gazer newspaper transitions toward a paperless future where Jock will no longer “report” the news, but merely “facilitate” discussion between bloggers and Internet users, Jock struggles to complete his one last, real news assignment. Unfortunately, the missing race horse Sea of Fire just refuses to turn up; his owners can’t even commit to admitting he’s been stolen, and the #1 suspect is Jock’s on-again-off-again girlfriend, last seen leaving Jock’s house without her little black dress. Then, there’s the murder …

First of all, I have to say that you shouldn’t read this book for the mystery. I couldn’t summon much concern for a race horse that may or may not have been stolen, and I never had any doubt about the mastermind behind the murder. The pleasure in reading this book is in the humor – rather in the vein of Joan Hess’s Maggody series. Junction City is full of quirky, laughable characters whose daily activities are more interesting than the central mystery, and Jock Stewart’s wise-cracking persona provides, even in third person, an enjoyable narration full of puns and word play. Whether it’s Officer House, who, after accidentally shooting off his left nut (to be clarified as his sole remaining nut), no longer “has what it takes” to be a patrolman – or local author Cane Molasses who was roughed up by an unidentified woman for making the naughty slut in his novel “just like me” (to be clarified as the unidentified woman and not me) – Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire is full of fun, chuckles, and belly laughs.
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Jul 28, 2011 Smoky Zeidel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Jock Stewart is author Malcolm R Campbell's alter-ego. If you like satire, you'll love this book. It is side-splittin', coffee-spewin' funny!

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About Malcolm R. Campbell

Author of "The Seeker," "Sarabande," "The Sun Singer," "Worst of Jock Stewart" and "Jock Stewart and the Missing Sea of Fire" "Moonlight and Ghosts," a short story, was published as a Kindle e-book in September 2012.

I work as a grant writer for museums and other nonprofit organizations. In the past, I've worked as a corporate communications director, technical writer, and college journalism instru...more

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