Midas

Midas, Russell Andrews, 2005, Mysterious Books. Genre: Political Thriller. 371 pages. Finished 5/26/2010.

LesOpinion: This is a fair-to-middling political thriller that conspiracy theorizes terrorist attacks in the U.S. that are made to look like the work of foreign operatives, but that are, in fact, the work of nefarious high-ranking government officials with oil interests. If you've ever harbored a sneaking suspicion that Bush administration officials arranged the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this is the book for you. If you just like fair-to-middling political thrillers, this is also the book for you. I liked it for one reason: I've never before seen the phrase "shit fit" in print (as in "The town council would have had a shit fit."). I thought it was just something my mother used to say.

The real reason to dislike this book: not only is the author wearing sunglasses in his photo, but his bio also says that "Russell Andrews" is a pseudonym for Peter Gethers. I submit that publicly announcing that you're writing under a pseudonym defeats the purpose of having a pseudonym. I suspect Mr. Gethers has a rich, mildly disturbing fantasy life.