A Matter of Degrees

Marcoux is an excellent writer, but the setup on this one was a bit slow. It did keep me reading, although I didn't find it a page-turner. About one third of the way in, the pace picked up and I found it harder to put down. Jessie Mercer is a complex and interesting writer/woman with some paranormal talents and the ability to tap into other levels of being; this makes her life complicated when her novels and research foreshadow events in her life. In this book she meeets many beings from her past lives and becomes entangled in their machinations. Hard to believe? Yes, but fascinating reading. One more look at the Merovingian 'heresy', but it isn't the focus of the book. It will be interesting to see where Marcoux takes Mercer from here.

This is so much better than the "DaVinci Code". Jessie Mercer knows her brother, Steve wouldn't kill himself. Rachel Addison knows Steve was murdered just like her father. But how do you prove it. What would you say to a 10th planet located between Mars and Earth? This planet revolves around the sun in a strange pattern and runs parallel to Earth every 3600 years. When the 3600th year arrives, aliens from this 10th planet come to Earth to change our ways of life. What would you say if all Noah had on his ark was DNA from all the species of the world? What would you say if our creator wasn't God, but an alien named Kek? If I was doing was Jessie and Rachel did in this book, I'd be scared to death. This is a magnificently written and researched novel. The best yet from Marcoux and her other stuff is great also.

Mix a little Dan Brown conspiracy with a little Philip K. Dick sci-fi and what do you get? A Matter of Degrees, the new blockbuster mystery thriller by Alex Marcoux! Weaving a genre-bending tale of conspiracy, cover-ups, and murder, Marcoux returns to the game with beloved characters from Façades and Back to Salem, bringing them together in an explosive mix of spine-tingling action! Devastated by her brother's unexplained suicide, Jessie Mercer launches a no-holds-barred investigation leading to a centuries-old conspiracy that threatens the very foundations of the world -- and Jessie's life! A Matter of Degrees is definitely an out-of-this-world read and should not be missed! --Sherry L. Stinson, outlookpress.com