Second Horseman Out of Eden

Mongo #7

by George C. Chesbro

Book by Chesbro, George C.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

George C. Chesbro was an American author of detective fiction. His most notable works feature Dr. Robert "Mongo the Magnificent" Fredrickson, a private detective with dwarfism. He also wrote the novelization of The Golden Child, a movie of the same name starring Eddie Murphy.

Chesbro was born in Washington, D.C. He worked as a special education teacher at Pearl River and later at rockland Psychiatric Center, where he worked with trouble teens. Chebro was married and had one daughter and two step-daughters.

Reviews

[H (trying to keep up with GR friends) Balikov · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is book #7 in the saga of the Frederickson brothers, Mongo and Garth. Garth has undergone some changes during the series so it is best to start at book #1 if that is important to you. Otherwise, this book stands on its own.

It is Christmas and the boys like to play Santa by going to the U.S.P.O. and trying to help improve the season for underprivileged children who right their wishes to the man at the North Pole. This year they quickly center on a letter from a girl who hints at being sexually abused. This leads to another apocalyptic cult and a cast of weird characters. To say more about the plot would be a spoiler, but here is Chesbro's inspiration: "And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red, and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another; and there was given unto him a great sword."
Revelations 6:3-4

This is a fast-paced romp that thunders along to a not-unpredictable end. If you are a Mongo-cult follower you will certainly give it an additional star or two.

[Jim Sanderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

More Mongo fun

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can always count on Mongo Mysteries to be entertaining .

[Quanita · Rating 4 out of 5]

A neo-nazi group intends to destroy the world, at the same time they will kill themselves with poison. This will result in heaven being filled with 'whites only'.

[Marianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

couldn't remember why i stopped my reread of this series before tackling this one. still not sure what my conscious reason was but the subconscious one was that I must've known the plot hinges around a small child being sexually abused. glad I didn't try it before now.

also, in a series that i mostly love for its very implausibility, this one is just TOO over the top for me. like, there are only a few pages (maybe 2 dozen?) that are plausible at all.

will i still read the next one? oh yeah.

[JR Johnson]

Just started this book, so far, no complaints

[Lapetitesteph]

Excellent.

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book takes a hard left turn at Albuquerque two thirds in.

[Colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The usual, religious crazies out to destroy world thwarted by mongo and Garth. This time there are biospheres , nukes & pedophilia