J. G. Sandom ~ Author

The God Machine

Caroline Thompson (author of Edward Scissorhands) said, "Move over, Dan Brown . . . All hail J.G. Sandom . . . (The God Machine) is a thrilling and breathless, rapturously-written and mind-blowing read. It’ll keep you up all night, turning pages as fast as your little fingers can manage." BookPage said, "Sandom has a knack for combining legendary gospels, ancient secrets, star-crossed lovers and Masonic puzzles to create a simmering stew of conspiracy, intrigue and danger that keeps the plot pot boiling until the very end." And the Historical Novels Review said, "History galore, violence, and intrigue fill the pages of this tightly plotted, twisting and turning adventure story . . . Those who love numbers, physics, and a truly unpredictable, suspenseful mystery will relish the facts and ponderings replete in this well-written, mysterious spin-off of The Da Vinci Code. The God Machine is a very impressive historical thriller!"

The Church insisted it didn't exist.

They lied.

They said it was just a Masonic legend.

It wasn't.

A two thousand year old secret.

Revealed.

  

The coded journal of Benjamin Franklin. A hidden map. A legendary gospel. These are the first pieces to an ancient puzzle so powerful it could destroy the very foundation of Christianity.

 

Once before, Joseph Koster unearthed one of the Church's most deeply buried secrets . . . and it almost cost him his life. But some treasures are too hard to resist. And as Koster puts the pieces of Franklin's puzzle together, he discovers something even more startling . . . and infinitely more deadly.

  

 Now, along with beautiful Indian high-tech mogul Savita Sajan, Koster must race to decode Franklin's journal before it falls into the hands of those who would do anything, kill anyone to suppress it. But in a world of secret societies, ancient conspiracies and Masonic puzzles, locating the prize is one thing . . . staying alive, another.

 

For as Koster and Sajan are about the learn, the same key that unlocks the doorway to Heaven . . . could open the portals of Hell.

 

For an excerpt from THE GOD MACHINE, click here.

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The Wave — A John Decker Thriller

Kirkus said, "Sandom’s strength lies in the verve of his story, with writing that has both muscle ... (and) brains . . . Races from improbable to crazywild, all in good fun, with Sandom always one step ahead . . . A story with enough manic energy to be worthy of a nuclear explosion."

 

When Cryptanalyst John Decker of the FBI is assigned to the Joint Terrorist Task Force in New York, he has no idea he is about to be thrust into a deadly plot of eco-terrorism masterminded by El Aqrab, a diabolical killer recently arrested in Tel Aviv whose calling card is to wrap his victims up with incendiary devices designed to produce flames in the shape of Koranic verses.  Some call it aesthetic destruction.

Following the theft of 8 kilos of Highly Enriched Uranium, an ultimatum is issued to the West: Release El Aqrab or a nuclear bomb will be detonated. But, at the last moment, El Aqrab escapes . . . and the authorities never get the bomb.

While Homeland Security is convinced it's headed for New York, only Agent Decker — assisted by brilliant and beautiful oceanographer Emily Swenson — believes the bomb’s true destination is La Palma, in the remote Canary Island chain.

Now, Decker and Swenson have less than six hours to prove their theory, defuse the bomb, and prevent a mega-tsunami from annihilating the Eastern Seaboard.

 

J.G. Sandom's most recent TV interview on "Breezin' with Bierman" is available at YouTube.  See the author read from The Wave, and chat about his other recent publications.

For an excerpt from The Wave, click here.

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Gospel Truths

Years before the News of the World phone hacking scandal implicated the venerable Scotland Yard, another cover-up took place . . . when the head of one of the largest private banks in Italy was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge.

At the time, it was ruled a suicide. But was it?

 

When City of London Police Inspector Nigel Lyman is assigned to investigate the death of a notorious Italian Banker found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in London, the inquiry leads him to the Amiens and Chartres cathedrals in France in pursuit of a shadowy arch criminal -- leader of a corrupt Masonic lodge, the I Four -- intent on acquiring an ancient Gnostic Gospel whose discovery would undermine the very foundations of Christianity.

Booklist called GOSPEL TRUTHS, "a splendid, tautly woven thriller ... (and) an intelligent mystery of tremendous spiritual and literary depth."  Library Journal said," By turns contemplative, descriptive, and emotive, this mixture of mystery and intrigue reveals intense preparation and fine writing."  And Mostly Murder characterized it, "A fascinating mystery ... captivating and engrossing."

[I apologize that the reviews listed above don't have any citations. But, since the book was published before the Internet really took off (back in 1991), I am unable to create links to the reviews that appeared in Booklist, Library Journal and Mostly Murder. If you are really concerned about finding these reviews, because you are...say, a so-called "editor" at Wikipedia, I suggest you contact said publications directly, or contact my publisher, Bantam/Random House.]

Published by Bantam (Random House) a decade before The Da Vinci Code, now available as an eBook for just $0.99 cents, read the religious mystery that started it all.

The character of the Archibishop in GOSPEL TRUTHS is modeled on my cousin, Paul Marcinkus, Archbishop, former head of the Vatican Bank (IOR), and once Mayor of the Vatican City.

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The Wall Street Murder Club

Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent and Ordinary Heroes, called THE WALL STREET MURDER CLUB, "A gripping story, well-told ... not only a tale of murder and betrayal, but an intelligent exploration of issues of male identity."  Kirkus Reviews termed the book, "A Big Apple Deliverance, endowing New York culture with all the corrosively dehumanizing power of Dickey's wild nature ... Slickly entertaining right down to the last, inevitable twist.  (Film rights to Warner Brothers -- and there's no mystery why.)"  And Booklist said, "(Sandom) writes with stunning elegance and nearly poetic beauty ... A sure hit with any suspense reader."

[Originally released in hardcover by Bantam (Random House) as The Hunting Club.]

 

Five successul New Yorkers out for a bachelor party leave their trendy restaurant for the Party Girl Lounge, then follow an especially game stripper up to her apartment -- and into a spiraling nightmare of murder and its consequences.  When John Payne comes to, the stripper is dead, and his buddies decide that instead of facing the music, they'll mop up their mess, dump the body into New York harbor, and count on the unlikelihood of anybody caring what became of a missing hooker.  They count wrong.  Slowly but surely, the ties that hold the (Wall Street Murder) Club together unravel, the bonds of friendship are broken, and the members of the (Wall Street Murder) Club start to hunt . . . each other.

Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent and Ordinary Heroes, called THE WALL STREET MURDER CLUB, "A gripping story, well-told ... not only a tale of murder and betrayal, but an intelligent exploration of issues of male identity."  Kirkus Reviews termed the book, "A Big Apple Deliverance, endowing New York culture with all the corrosively dehumanizing power of Dickey's wild nature ... Slickly entertaining right down to the last, inevitable twist.  (Film rights to Warner Brothers -- and there's no mystery why.)"  And Booklist said, "(Sandom) writes with stunning elegance and nearly poetic beauty ... A sure hit with any suspense reader."

[Originally released in hardcover by Bantam (Random House) as The Hunting Club.]

 

Five successul New Yorkers out for a bachelor party leave their trendy restaurant for the Party Girl Lounge, then follow an especially game stripper up to her apartment -- and into a spiraling nightmare of murder and its consequences.  When John Payne comes to, the stripper is dead, and his buddies decide that instead of facing the music, they'll mop up their mess, dump the body into New York harbor, and count on the unlikelihood of anybody caring what became of a missing hooker.  They count wrong.  Slowly but surely, the ties that hold the (Wall Street Murder) Club together unravel, the bonds of friendship are broken, and the members of the (Wall Street Murder) Club start to hunt . . . each other.