Jon Dietz was a military historian at The Sarasota Herald Tribune from 1972-1985. Currently he is a criminal Investigator for the State of FL ,1987 to present date. Jon's parents lived in China prior to WWII and were held prisoners of war for 3 years. Check out my book www.amazon.com or www.trafford.com

BA Miami University in Oxford,OH. Selected by European Parliament to study aerospace abroad. Reporter and Metro Editor at the Sarasota Herald Tribune for 14 years. Managing Editor for a daily newspaper "The Independent" in Sarasota, FL. Covered the Ted Bundy trial for a magazine in Copenhagen. Homicide Investigator for the State of FL, Office of Public Defender for 8 years.

REVIEW:When a colleague presents you with a book that they have written there may be some reluctance to enter the fray. Even when the colleague is as entertaining and erudite as Jon Dietz, I must confess that I began reading his book with a modicum of trepidation. What if I were bored or confused or angered by his writing? The Jerusalem Train sat on my nightstand for several weeks taunting me. Finally I could avoid it no longer and on Monday evening I picked it up with the internal command to give it at least 50 pages before putting it down permanently. Within ten pages I was hooked and ended up spending most of my Veteran's day engrossed in the tale. In fact, though my normal bedtime is 10 pm, I could not put the book down until I reached its conclusion somewhere around midnight. Dietz bills his book as a historical romance but I would quibble a bit with that description. In reality, this is an action-adventure novel doused with a healthy quotient of blood and sex. You need not know one whit of history or even be romantically inclined in order to enjoy this novel. The action revolves around a massive stash of gold and the attempts by the protagonists to liberate that gold from the clutches of the Tsar. The finest achievement of the author is the creation of a cast of memorable characters whose paths will all intersect by the time of the explosive finale. Quite simply, The Jerusalem Train is not a good book--it is a great one. I read three to four books a week and I have not been entertained like this in some time. . Review by Adam Tebrugge

The Jerusalem Train
Romance set in China during the Russo Japanese War (1904-1905). Historically based fiction. Read the reviews, you won't be able to put the book down.

The Jerusalem Train
Romance set in China during the Russo Japanese War (1904-1905). Historically based fiction. Read the reviews, you won't be able to put the book down.