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Gospel Truths
They have been drawn into a plot more insidious than anything they could have imagined—a battle to control one of religion’s greatest secrets. For English detective Nigel Lyman, it begins with the suspicious suicide of a corrupt Italian banker in London. For French-born Mariane Soury-Fontaine, it starts with the mysterious disappearance of her lover. And for American mathematician Joseph Koster, the search leads through France’s soaring cathedrals to the baffling labyrinths that masons once carefully inscribed in their floors.
These strangers are about to crack a code that dozens have died for, a puzzle whose power reaches back to the birth of the Christian faith, through the echoing halls of the Vatican, and to the dark, corrupt realms of organized crime. Now staying alive is the ultimate challenge. Because the next revelation is the most forbidden of all . . .
These strangers are about to crack a code that dozens have died for, a puzzle whose power reaches back to the birth of the Christian faith, through the echoing halls of the Vatican, and to the dark, corrupt realms of organized crime. Now staying alive is the ultimate challenge. Because the next revelation is the most forbidden of all . . .
432 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 1992
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J.G. Sandom
14 books23 followersJ. G. Sandom, often referred to as the "Father of Interactive (Internet) Advertising," co-founded the world's first interactive advertising agency, Einstein and Sandom Interactive (EASI), in 1984, before launching an award-winning writing career. He is the author of nine works of fiction, including THE GOD MACHINE; GOSPEL TRUTHS; THE WALL STREET MURDER CLUB; THE WAVE - A JOHN DECKER THRILLER; KISS ME, I'M DEAD; and CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BODY SNATCHER.
Booklist called GOSPEL TRUTHS, "a splendid, tautly woven thriller...(and) an intelligent mystery of tremendous spiritual and literary depth." Library Journal said, "A masterful first novel, based on a true incident, which spins a complicated web of corruption, greed and deception." And Mostly Murder characterized it, "A fascinating mystery...captivating and engrossing."
Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent, called THE WALL STREET MURDER CLUB, "A gripping story, well-told...not only a tale of murder and betrayal, but an intelligent exploration of issues of male identity." Kirkus termed it, "A Big Apple Deliverance, endowing New York culture with all the corrosively dehumanizing power of Dickey's wild nature." And Booklist said, "(Sandom) writes with stunning elegance and nearly poetic beauty...A sure hit with any suspense reader."
While known mostly as a writer of thrillers and mysteries, Sandom is also the author of several award-winning Young Adult (YA) novels.
Publishers Weekly called CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BODY SNATCHER, "A haunting tour of London's underclass during the 1830s...Teens will likely be both captivated by Victor's harrowing story as well as his ability to prevail in the face of harsh injustices." KLIATT said, "Like M.T. Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, this look at sinister events in history makes the era come alive and lingers in the memory." And School Library Journal said, "Part historical fiction and part adventure story, the novel brings excitement to Victorian England...Readers will be on the edge of their seats."
Ranked one of the Top Ten Children's Books of the year by the Washington Post, KISS ME, I'M DEAD was named a Notable Book for Teens by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, a Young Adult Library Services Association Teen's Top Ten, and nominated for a Cybils literary award, a Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, and recently added to Horn Book’s list of Recommended American Historical Fiction.
The Washington Post said, "(Sandom) writes with a precision and delicacy unusual for YA fiction," and called the novel, "a subtle gem." School Library Journal said, "KISS ME, I'M DEAD tells a remarkable story in a remarkable way." And Horn Book called the work, "A decidedly unconventional ghost story...(and) a tightly wound novel."
THE GOD MACHINE was released in May, 2009. Caroline Thompson (author of Edward Scissorhands) called THE GOD MACHINE, "a thrilling and breathless, rapturously-written and mind-blowing read. It'll keep you up all night, turning pages as fast as your little fingers can manage." Bookpage.com called the novel "a simmering stew of conspiracy, intrigue and danger that keeps the plot pot boiling until the very end." And the Historical Novels Review said, "THE GOD MACHINE is a very impressive historical thriller!"
Sandom’s most recent novel, THE WAVE - A JOHN DECKER THRILLER, was reissued in June 2010. Kirkus said, "Sandom’s strength lies in the verve of his story, with writing that has both muscle...(and) brains...Races from improbable to crazywild, all in good fun, with Sandom always one step ahead...A story with enough manic energy to be worthy of a nuclear explosion."
Booklist called GOSPEL TRUTHS, "a splendid, tautly woven thriller...(and) an intelligent mystery of tremendous spiritual and literary depth." Library Journal said, "A masterful first novel, based on a true incident, which spins a complicated web of corruption, greed and deception." And Mostly Murder characterized it, "A fascinating mystery...captivating and engrossing."
Scott Turow, author of Presumed Innocent, called THE WALL STREET MURDER CLUB, "A gripping story, well-told...not only a tale of murder and betrayal, but an intelligent exploration of issues of male identity." Kirkus termed it, "A Big Apple Deliverance, endowing New York culture with all the corrosively dehumanizing power of Dickey's wild nature." And Booklist said, "(Sandom) writes with stunning elegance and nearly poetic beauty...A sure hit with any suspense reader."
While known mostly as a writer of thrillers and mysteries, Sandom is also the author of several award-winning Young Adult (YA) novels.
Publishers Weekly called CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BODY SNATCHER, "A haunting tour of London's underclass during the 1830s...Teens will likely be both captivated by Victor's harrowing story as well as his ability to prevail in the face of harsh injustices." KLIATT said, "Like M.T. Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, this look at sinister events in history makes the era come alive and lingers in the memory." And School Library Journal said, "Part historical fiction and part adventure story, the novel brings excitement to Victorian England...Readers will be on the edge of their seats."
Ranked one of the Top Ten Children's Books of the year by the Washington Post, KISS ME, I'M DEAD was named a Notable Book for Teens by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, a Young Adult Library Services Association Teen's Top Ten, and nominated for a Cybils literary award, a Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, and recently added to Horn Book’s list of Recommended American Historical Fiction.
The Washington Post said, "(Sandom) writes with a precision and delicacy unusual for YA fiction," and called the novel, "a subtle gem." School Library Journal said, "KISS ME, I'M DEAD tells a remarkable story in a remarkable way." And Horn Book called the work, "A decidedly unconventional ghost story...(and) a tightly wound novel."
THE GOD MACHINE was released in May, 2009. Caroline Thompson (author of Edward Scissorhands) called THE GOD MACHINE, "a thrilling and breathless, rapturously-written and mind-blowing read. It'll keep you up all night, turning pages as fast as your little fingers can manage." Bookpage.com called the novel "a simmering stew of conspiracy, intrigue and danger that keeps the plot pot boiling until the very end." And the Historical Novels Review said, "THE GOD MACHINE is a very impressive historical thriller!"
Sandom’s most recent novel, THE WAVE - A JOHN DECKER THRILLER, was reissued in June 2010. Kirkus said, "Sandom’s strength lies in the verve of his story, with writing that has both muscle...(and) brains...Races from improbable to crazywild, all in good fun, with Sandom always one step ahead...A story with enough manic energy to be worthy of a nuclear explosion."
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February 1, 2012
This is not your run-of-the-mill religious, historical, chase, search, code-breaking, discovery of some ancient artefact that proves Christianity is based on a myth or a lie, type of thriller. It's quite a step up from that.
Passages reminded me of books I've read by Alan Furst or Olen Steinhauer. The introspection, the uncertainty, the slightly tainted or regretted past, the feeling I got of the main character just being along for the ride in certain sections of his or her own life.
Gospel Truths is written from the point of view of a middle-aged English police officer, with a slightly troubled past personal and professional life. He is originally from the English counties, but after a high-profile success, he is now working in London. He is handed a bit of a hot potato of a case, involving a suicide they suspect is murder but can't prove, international banking scandals, The Vatican and various highly un-savoury international underworld figures. His investigations lead him to France, to cathedrals, the possible involvement of the Freemasons, a Gospel that could be written using Jesus' own words and the long tendrils of freemasonry organisations, with more fingers in more pies than they have fingers. I think I've covered the most of it.
The funny thing is, that while the book is called The Gospel Code and the story is ostensibly woven around a murder and a search/chase for an ancient gospel, that isn't really what (I think, as least) the book is about. It's more about a personal and introspective search, by the main character Nigel Lyman. We learn more about him, his background and history, than we do about the searched for Gospel. And it's all the better for that.
If I were to be critical, i'd say that there some background passages were a little too oblique. I liked the style of colouring in his past with some passages which, on the surface, seemed to have little to do with the plot, but were there to illuminate how the reasoning he applied to plot developments, came about. However, sometimes I was struggling to see how exactly they helped me understand him any more than getting on with the story would have done.
Overall, you are going to have to put in a bit of effort into reading this one. It's much more than an ordinary, airport shop, holiday-reading, page-turning blockbuster, no matter how much the cover blurb would like to convince you you've got another Dan Brown in your hands. It's much better than that.
Recommended.
Passages reminded me of books I've read by Alan Furst or Olen Steinhauer. The introspection, the uncertainty, the slightly tainted or regretted past, the feeling I got of the main character just being along for the ride in certain sections of his or her own life.
Gospel Truths is written from the point of view of a middle-aged English police officer, with a slightly troubled past personal and professional life. He is originally from the English counties, but after a high-profile success, he is now working in London. He is handed a bit of a hot potato of a case, involving a suicide they suspect is murder but can't prove, international banking scandals, The Vatican and various highly un-savoury international underworld figures. His investigations lead him to France, to cathedrals, the possible involvement of the Freemasons, a Gospel that could be written using Jesus' own words and the long tendrils of freemasonry organisations, with more fingers in more pies than they have fingers. I think I've covered the most of it.
The funny thing is, that while the book is called The Gospel Code and the story is ostensibly woven around a murder and a search/chase for an ancient gospel, that isn't really what (I think, as least) the book is about. It's more about a personal and introspective search, by the main character Nigel Lyman. We learn more about him, his background and history, than we do about the searched for Gospel. And it's all the better for that.
If I were to be critical, i'd say that there some background passages were a little too oblique. I liked the style of colouring in his past with some passages which, on the surface, seemed to have little to do with the plot, but were there to illuminate how the reasoning he applied to plot developments, came about. However, sometimes I was struggling to see how exactly they helped me understand him any more than getting on with the story would have done.
Overall, you are going to have to put in a bit of effort into reading this one. It's much more than an ordinary, airport shop, holiday-reading, page-turning blockbuster, no matter how much the cover blurb would like to convince you you've got another Dan Brown in your hands. It's much better than that.
Recommended.
June 17, 2007
A fascinating religious thriller, which preceded Da Vinci Code by a decade, apparently. Involves the search for a lost gnostic gospel, the Gospel of Thomas, whose discovery would undermine the Church. Features a haunted City of London Police Inspector, a brilliant American mathematician, the head of the Vatican Bank, and members of the ultra-secret pseudo-Masonic loge, the I4.
Fascinating and well-written, it's what the genre should be -- an intellectual, as well as a visceral thrill.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Fascinating and well-written, it's what the genre should be -- an intellectual, as well as a visceral thrill.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
December 28, 2007
I was disappointed in this book. It was recommended to me because I liked "The Davinci Code". The plot sounded promising, but it was a little slow.
August 29, 2008
Overall the book was good. I liked the story, but the writing was a little uneven at times. Sometimes it really kept me reading, and other times it seemed to slow down too much.
January 22, 2018
In 2000, Dan Brown releases “Angels & Demons.” In 2003, “The Da Vinci Code” comes out. Both books are turned into block buster movies, giving Dan Brown the edge over masonic-laden books and movies. But as I was reading J. G. Sandom’s “Gospel Truths,” I am receiving the sense that this might have a Brownesque vibe to it. I was wrong. Sandom’s “Gospel Truths” was released in 1992 some 8 – 11 years before Brown’s two books.
English Detective Nigel Lyman is handed a closed, but perhaps not, case involving the alleged suicide of a corrupt Italian banker in London. It seems that the Vatican bank might be involved with this. Lyman travels to France to seek the answers that he isn’t looking for; to come across a beautiful French woman; an American mathematician who is searching for an answer to the labyrinths that Masons once carefully inscribed in their floors. Lyman pulls Mariane Soury-Fontaine and Joseph Koster into his web of intrigue as they come together to search for the missing Gospel of Thomas the Contender. But they come across the fact that there can be multiple copies of the missing Gospel. The Vatican, in its infamous ways, gives credo to the trio, but the goal is to take the Gospel of Thomas the Contender so it will never see the light of day.
J. G. Sandom is a brilliant writer. He dribbles across the pages of his story, a hint of Knights Templar, Speculative Masonry. The story is able to stay afloat with this, and not drown the plot down and out. In comparison to Dan Brown, Sandom’s writings remind me of Agatha Christie, P. D. James and Stephen King: it is the sense of giving the reader enough to go with, but not to overpower the plot with something that makes the story lose it death grip on the reader. Dan Brown, on the other hand, plasters every page of his stories with Masonry lore and legend.
The characters are beautifully developed and presented. The plot thickens as the story moves along. The scenes are described wonderfully, and everything is wrapped up in a nice, neat bow. Though I like to comment on each part of a novel, with “Gospel Truths” I’m not. The novel was delivered with a sense of pride. Sandom finesses the Vatican story line beautifully into the story. What more can I ask for?
I felt that there was something missing from “Gospel Truths.” And the fact of it is, is that I cannot for the life of me, tell you what is missing from the story. It is like trying to find the right word to put into a story, but you can’t. You know what you want to use, like it is at the tip of your tongue, but for some reason, you don’t know what to use.
I wonder if I was comparing J. G. Sandom’s “Gospel Truths” too much to Brown’s “Angels & Demons” and “The Da Vinci Code.” Was I expecting more from Sandom? Did I try to hold it to a higher standard? It’s hard to say. But what isn’t hard to say is that I really enjoyed this book. This book is highly recommended.
English Detective Nigel Lyman is handed a closed, but perhaps not, case involving the alleged suicide of a corrupt Italian banker in London. It seems that the Vatican bank might be involved with this. Lyman travels to France to seek the answers that he isn’t looking for; to come across a beautiful French woman; an American mathematician who is searching for an answer to the labyrinths that Masons once carefully inscribed in their floors. Lyman pulls Mariane Soury-Fontaine and Joseph Koster into his web of intrigue as they come together to search for the missing Gospel of Thomas the Contender. But they come across the fact that there can be multiple copies of the missing Gospel. The Vatican, in its infamous ways, gives credo to the trio, but the goal is to take the Gospel of Thomas the Contender so it will never see the light of day.
J. G. Sandom is a brilliant writer. He dribbles across the pages of his story, a hint of Knights Templar, Speculative Masonry. The story is able to stay afloat with this, and not drown the plot down and out. In comparison to Dan Brown, Sandom’s writings remind me of Agatha Christie, P. D. James and Stephen King: it is the sense of giving the reader enough to go with, but not to overpower the plot with something that makes the story lose it death grip on the reader. Dan Brown, on the other hand, plasters every page of his stories with Masonry lore and legend.
The characters are beautifully developed and presented. The plot thickens as the story moves along. The scenes are described wonderfully, and everything is wrapped up in a nice, neat bow. Though I like to comment on each part of a novel, with “Gospel Truths” I’m not. The novel was delivered with a sense of pride. Sandom finesses the Vatican story line beautifully into the story. What more can I ask for?
I felt that there was something missing from “Gospel Truths.” And the fact of it is, is that I cannot for the life of me, tell you what is missing from the story. It is like trying to find the right word to put into a story, but you can’t. You know what you want to use, like it is at the tip of your tongue, but for some reason, you don’t know what to use.
I wonder if I was comparing J. G. Sandom’s “Gospel Truths” too much to Brown’s “Angels & Demons” and “The Da Vinci Code.” Was I expecting more from Sandom? Did I try to hold it to a higher standard? It’s hard to say. But what isn’t hard to say is that I really enjoyed this book. This book is highly recommended.
August 21, 2022
This is the book Dan Brown wishes he wrote, a comprehensible and downright intriguing challenge to church orthodoxy replete with sinister conspiracies and murderous secret societies that actually make sense. Even though there are moments of bafflement in this novel, those are still superior to the numerous bafflements in Brown’s. You might get the impression that I am less than impressed with Brown and you would be correct. I am impressed with Sandom, though.
London detective Nigel Lyman, former investigative wunderkind, is on the skids after an increasingly mediocre career and a very recent professional eff-up that has him teetering on the edge of dismissal. His boss throws him a career-saving bone in the form of an open-and-shut case of suicide by an Italian banker who hung himself under Blackfriars Bridge. Easy peasy, nothing special, and Lyman can use it to get his bearings, shake off the cobwebs, snap out of it, man. But, when you assign a case to a crackerjack detective, even if said crackerjackedness has somewhat dissipated, his natural thoroughness is going to expose oddities, and an oddity in a suicide case usually means it wasn’t suicide. And this wasn’t.
Instead, Lyman stumbles into an international conspiracy to find and suppress the original Gospel of St. Thomas, which has been hidden somewhere in France, the exposure of which could easily shatter a lot of gospel truths upon which the Catholic Church is built. Sound familiar? Well, please understand that this was written 11 years before The Da Vinci Code, so ascribe accordingly. Lyman convinces his department to fund a trip to France so he can pursue what he first thinks is a financial conspiracy masterminded by a notorious Italian mobster (what other kind are there?). He then runs into an American architect and mathematician intent on solving the labyrinth located in the middle of the Amiens cathedral and, before you know it, the Vatican bank and all kinds of other people, savory and un, are involved and we are running and ducking across France, racing to find the fabled Gospel.
What a lot of fun.
Car chases and assassinations and fistfights and red herrings galore, and all the time the sense that civilization is on the precipice because of what this gospel may, or may not, reveal. Sadom is an extremely good writer and you will enjoy his wordcraft as well as the story, which is a refreshing, but, unfortunately, rare combination.
Right, Dan Brown?
London detective Nigel Lyman, former investigative wunderkind, is on the skids after an increasingly mediocre career and a very recent professional eff-up that has him teetering on the edge of dismissal. His boss throws him a career-saving bone in the form of an open-and-shut case of suicide by an Italian banker who hung himself under Blackfriars Bridge. Easy peasy, nothing special, and Lyman can use it to get his bearings, shake off the cobwebs, snap out of it, man. But, when you assign a case to a crackerjack detective, even if said crackerjackedness has somewhat dissipated, his natural thoroughness is going to expose oddities, and an oddity in a suicide case usually means it wasn’t suicide. And this wasn’t.
Instead, Lyman stumbles into an international conspiracy to find and suppress the original Gospel of St. Thomas, which has been hidden somewhere in France, the exposure of which could easily shatter a lot of gospel truths upon which the Catholic Church is built. Sound familiar? Well, please understand that this was written 11 years before The Da Vinci Code, so ascribe accordingly. Lyman convinces his department to fund a trip to France so he can pursue what he first thinks is a financial conspiracy masterminded by a notorious Italian mobster (what other kind are there?). He then runs into an American architect and mathematician intent on solving the labyrinth located in the middle of the Amiens cathedral and, before you know it, the Vatican bank and all kinds of other people, savory and un, are involved and we are running and ducking across France, racing to find the fabled Gospel.
What a lot of fun.
Car chases and assassinations and fistfights and red herrings galore, and all the time the sense that civilization is on the precipice because of what this gospel may, or may not, reveal. Sadom is an extremely good writer and you will enjoy his wordcraft as well as the story, which is a refreshing, but, unfortunately, rare combination.
Right, Dan Brown?
May 30, 2021
The plot in terms of the criminals was all right but I always find declarations that the discovery of this biblical manuscript or that artifact will destroy the Church laughable. This was an okay thriller, good enough to finish, not good enough to wholeheartedly recommend.
February 17, 2024
I wasn’t too sure when I started reading this book but I was so wrong! This is a great book and the story just gets better and better. The blurb didn’t really say much but I’m glad I decided to read this book. Yes, I recommend it.
September 22, 2010
English detective Nigel Lyman, once the golden boy of the department, is now reeling in the aftermath of personal and professional losses. It comes as a surprise, therefore, when he's selected to head up an investigation of a death that originally was classified as a suicide. At first, the case seems like insignificant "busy work", but Lyman soon discovers that it's anything but. At its heart is the legendary Q document, supposed to be the original work upon which the New Testament gospels were based. It seems that the "suicide" was a man with a great interest in locating Q, who may have been murdered for his trouble. The crumbs along the trail lead Lyman to Amiens Cathedral in France, home to a mysterious stone labyrinth. When Lyman meets an American mathematician who is studying the labyrinth, they compare notes, and the hunt is on. Why is Q so important? Because it may contain writings that undermine the very foundations of Christianity.
Written in 1992, Gospel Truths is an intelligent, complex, and competently written thriller. No bells or whistles here, just a few laptops, along with some dedicated and dangerous individuals determined to get their hands on Q, for various reasons of their own. And no neatly wrapped up ends in the final chapters. But there are some interesting passages descriptive of different locations, such as Chartres and the Rodin Museum in Paris, and some mostly believable action sequences. And Masonic secrets, corrupt church officials, and money laundering schemes - all well before DaVinci Code, imagine that!
Written in 1992, Gospel Truths is an intelligent, complex, and competently written thriller. No bells or whistles here, just a few laptops, along with some dedicated and dangerous individuals determined to get their hands on Q, for various reasons of their own. And no neatly wrapped up ends in the final chapters. But there are some interesting passages descriptive of different locations, such as Chartres and the Rodin Museum in Paris, and some mostly believable action sequences. And Masonic secrets, corrupt church officials, and money laundering schemes - all well before DaVinci Code, imagine that!
April 6, 2010
In Gospel Truths, J.G. Sandom can't really decide what type of book he wants to write. At times throughout the book, he dabbles in Dan Brown-style historical fiction, weaving in conspiracies about the Gospel of Thomas (not to be confused with the Book of Thomas, which is also mentioned repeatedly in the book) and its threat to the Church; then Sandom tries to bring in a love story between two side characters who may or may not have met before, I was confused on that point; Sandom also wants to make the book about a cop trying to find the spotlight again, who may have been an alcoholic causing the death of one of his partners---it's hard to tell since it is referenced only briefly throughout the book and in quick flashbacks (the cop has also lost his son in the Falkland Wars, but I'm not sure if Sandom had the intention of weaving that into the book but decided to just drop it in and leave off); and finally Sandom tangles in some modern-day conspiracy, specifically the supposed-suicide of a top Italian banker from a London bridge.
When jumbled together utilizing both overused plotlines and confusing and uninteresting characters, you're left with a book that you would just as soon put down than finish. The only reason I continued reading was to figure out exactly who was working with who and against whom. After finishing, I was left unsatisfied, put down the book and was eager to begin a new book to get the taste of this one out of my mouth.
When jumbled together utilizing both overused plotlines and confusing and uninteresting characters, you're left with a book that you would just as soon put down than finish. The only reason I continued reading was to figure out exactly who was working with who and against whom. After finishing, I was left unsatisfied, put down the book and was eager to begin a new book to get the taste of this one out of my mouth.
April 20, 2016
Nigel Lyman is a police detective from London. Joseph Koster is a mathematician who has been given the opportunity of writing a book on the Cathedrals/Labyrinths in Europe. All is not as it seems
The majority of the story takes place in Amiens and Chartres of which both have Labyrinths. Koster is trying to decode the message of the Labyrinths to find the location of St. Thomas Gospel. The contents are suppose to be more in line with the Gnostics.
Interesting read.
The majority of the story takes place in Amiens and Chartres of which both have Labyrinths. Koster is trying to decode the message of the Labyrinths to find the location of St. Thomas Gospel. The contents are suppose to be more in line with the Gnostics.
Interesting read.
September 28, 2014
A London Police Inspector on the downward spiral is assigned to reopen a hanging. Along the way he encounters notorious financiers, Italian gangsters and the Vatican Bank. As with anything involving the Catholic Church, you don’t know how far the conspiracy goes, this makes for a good and compelling theory.
July 14, 2010
Don't know why this was rated so highly. You don't feel for the main characters in this book and you don't hate the villains. There's a follow up book but I doubt I will read it. Other authors such as Chris Kuzneski make for a better religious conspiracy novel.
May 20, 2013
I felt this book was slow to start and the converging story lines needed a little more "explanation" to them for a smoother the transition. But I thought the book was enjoyable and worth the time to read. I will be reading the sequel.
April 9, 2014
Sandom has tried to create something akin to the Da Vinci Code in this book of his, but, unfortunately has failed.
The story takes a lot of time to converge and really urges the reader to put it down at every point.
The story takes a lot of time to converge and really urges the reader to put it down at every point.
September 10, 2015
Para los amantes del thriller histórico y de la novela policiaca que quieran leer algo un poco más alejado de los bestseller que siempre se encuentran en primera fila, esta es seguir leyendo
June 27, 2018
Una buena novela de tinte policial, verdaderamente te deja intrigado desde el principio. Se disfruta bastante el proceso de leerlo aunque el final me resultó un tanto flojo. Sin embargo eso no le quita que lo haya disfrutado un montón.
June 22, 2015
Un thriller histórico bastante flojo. Aquí mi review completa La fuente de la verdad
December 11, 2020
Eh take it or leave it. I thought there was going to be more religious fiction but turned out to me more of a murder mystery
March 22, 2022
Me gustó mucho, toda la trama (aunque a veces parezca innecesario) se relaciona muy bien, que sea de temas de corrupción e iglesia es lo que más me gusta de este libro
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