"The writing is fast paced, and for this reviewer the novel offered a pleasant diversion on a hot summer afternoon."
The Canadian Philatelist
"The writing is fast paced, and for this reviewer the novel offered a pleasant diversion on a hot summer afternoon."
The Canadian Philatelist
"Billing it as 'the largest recovery of rare postage stamps in US history,' the F.B.I. has finally announced the results of its extensive search for the 153 U.S. stamps stolen from the New York Public Library." Linn's Stamp News. Library detective, Rudyard Mack, with the help of an outspoken library union leader named Arbuthnott Vine leads us through the corridors of power in one of the country's showplaces. We see its "upstairs/downstairs" reflecting the life of New York City surrounding it like a rough sea about a lighthouse. Mack's tenacious pursuit of the 'Inverted Jenny', the 24 cent 1918 airmail stamp in which the airplane was printed upside down, combines with his subconscious pursuit of love to lead him to the mastermind behind the theft.
"An entertaining book based on the famous 24 cent US airmail invert. One you would enjoy on a rainy afternoon." --Global Stamp News
"An unexpected romance, in a nice little subplot. But the unraveling of a master plot is still the main focus and the solution is as surprising as it is ingenious." -- Simcoe Reformer
