X Files #05 Humbug

by Les Martin

Book Overview

Scully and Mulder have to throw the rule book away when they investigate a murder in Gibsonton, Florida, where normal does not exist. The natives are circus and sideshow performers. The victim, called The Alligator Man, died a bizarre, mysterious death. And the agents' list of suspects, which grows daily, is beginning to look like a page out of Ripley's Believe It or Not. . . .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006440627X
• ISBN13: 9780064406277
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: HarperEntertainment
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 5.9"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Ryan, A student at mshs

A man is brutally killed in his own backyard by a foreign object. Two FBI agents are sent to investigate the death of Jerald Glazbrook. Agents Scully and Mulder find themselves in a town a freaks and side show performers. As their search intensifies for the killer more people are dying. Their suspects are anything but ordinary; Dr. Blockhead, who'd rather chew on some nail then gum, and the town's sheriff, how has a past that would stick out over most freaks in this town. I feel his book had a plot that was sometimes misleading and confusing to read, although I did find it to have great-personalized characters. As you read deeper into the book you were able to able to get a good picture of what the characters actually looked and acted like. At no point did the author let the book drag on, there was always something happening. Whether it is another murder, or a clue to solving a murder, or another character being introduced into the story. Les Martin put a couple of unexpected twists into the plot that I never expected. At first the book seemed to be your average murder and investigation, but when agents Scully and Molder found themselves in a town of freaks they did not have any particular suspect since everyone seemed to be a suspect. I would recommend this book to anyone that has some time on his or her hands and enjoys murder mysteries. It was not a book of great length nor the best I have read but I found it to be interesting enough to hold my interest.