House of Wolves - Matt Bronleewe
This is the author’s second novel featuring August Adams, a rare bookseller, and this time August receives a surprise package from his estranged father which contains a copy (or is it) of the Gospels of Henry the Lion. Of course, there must be an evil group searching for the book as well, and in this case it’s the Black Vehm, a group that believes that the Gospels will help lead them to religious artifacts hidden by Hitler in underground ice caves carved by the Nazis in Antarctica. Yes, you read that sentence correctly - and it actually works as a guilty two-day read! There are a few silly and unbelievable moments, but the story works in spite of, or maybe because of, these almost-cartoonish interludes. In a world of Da Vinci wannabes, this one is actually worth the time!
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Posted on August 12th, 2008 by toddg
Filed under: Books, Mystery
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