REVIEW- JAZMA ONLINE
PAUL DALE ROBERTS

 I love it when truth mixes in with fiction, that is the foundation for legends and The Red Diaries takes the truth of the Kennedys, Marilyn Monroe and mixes it with the ficticious Raven Inc.

I place The Red Diaries right up there with Dan Brown's DaVinci Code, it's a must-read! If you are going to read any book this year, this is the book to read. A book filled with intrigue and mystery.

 Let me tell you a bit about the legendary Raven Inc. Raven Inc. is known to investigate things of the paranormal. Mixed in with the team are believers and skeptics alike. I wouldn't doubt it if there was a secret case out there in which the Raven Inc. teamed up with Mulder and Skully of the X-Files, both have the tendency of looking into the same type of cases. There is an exceptional character profile on each and every member of the Raven Inc. in this book, so the reader gets the scoop on each member and you have the ability of knowing them, almost on a personal level. Manny Chanchu, an operative of Raven Inc. is being interrogated...I mean he is involved in a fact finding discussion with the FBI. The FBI wants to know where the Red Diaries are.

The Red Diaries are the diaries kept by Marilyn Monroe that detailed her affairs with the Kennedys, a scandalous confession that could have brought the house down on the Kennedys. If you know anything about the Kennedy conspiracy, you will be familiar with some of the characters, such as Carlos the assassin. The artwork is superb in this graphic novel and I love the photo/art of Marilyn Monroe throughout this book. There are plenty of clandestine meetings. Carlos will eventually be found spread-eagled on his bed, with his intestines pulled out. There is some dry humor in this story too, that touches on the dry humor of the TV show CSI. It makes the story even more interesting. Carlos had a shrine to Marilyn, with photos everywhere. Marilyn's son is revealed and things focus on how Marilyn was a threat to the Kennedys, she could have brought scandalous revelations upon Camelot.

Who killed Marilyn? You want to know, find out in the Red Diaries! Find out the connection between Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, The Mob, J. Edgar Hoover and the CIA! Oh...and Raven Inc.! In this book you will find: Suspicious deaths of real witnesses; Internal Notes by Gary Reed - he sums up the Red Diaries; November 22, 1963 Chronology of Events; Article - The Kennedy Assassination - Why we Care and Why we Should; the official version of the assassination of John F. Kennedy; article - The CIA, The Bay of Pigs and Kennedy; article - The Kennedys -The Rise to American Royalty; article - The Mysterious Death of Marilyn Monroe! The Investigators - Although the members of Raven, Inc. (as seen in Raven Chronicles) usually deal with the paranormal, in the Red Diaries, they have embarked on a case of reality and it may prove to be their most dangerous case yet!

Gary Reed has proven himself a genius with The Red Diaries, after I finished reading this graphic novel, I kept asking myself...'how did he come up with this?" The Red Diaries is the most compelling, intriguing book I have read in a long, long time! I felt somewhat paranoid after reading The Red Diaries! Gary Reed shakes the foundation of conspiracy with The Red Diaries, absolutely magnificent!

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