Average Jones

By Samuel Hopkins Adams

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

A bored young man's life turns upside down when he decides to solve bizarre mysteries hidden within the strange world of newspaper advertisements, uncovering political plots and risking everything.

Genres

Crime/Mystery Literature Fiction

Released

2004-11-01

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Summary

"Average Jones" by Samuel Hopkins Adams is a captivating mystery where an everyday young man, Average Jones, transforms his mundane life into an exciting hunt for the truth within the tricky world of early 20th-century advertising. Dissatisfied with his ordinary existence, Jones embarks on a quest to become an "Ad-Visor," driven by a fascination with strange newspaper ads. Jones finds himself pulled into a web that kicks off with the odd demand for a B-flat trombone player, escalating to a dangerous game involving political corruption and a possible assassination, testing his skills and revealing hidden sides of humanity, all while mixing humor with suspense as he rises from a bored man of means to a determined investigator.