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| Title | : | The Last Testament (Maggie Costello #1) |
| Author | : | Sam Bourne |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 567 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2008 by HarperCollins - GB (first published July 2nd 2007) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Adventure |
Sam Bourne
Paperback | Pages: 567 pages Rating: 3.64 | 4004 Users | 176 Reviews
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Maggie Costello is a "closer," an expert brought into negotiations when all other options have failed. Now in Jerusalem, she mediates peace talks between Israel and Palestine, which have broken down after two high-profile deaths. Right-wing Zionist Shimon Guttman was gunned down during a supposed attempt to assassinate the Israeli prime minister. "This will change everything," Guttman had cryptically warned the prime minister before he was killed. Palestinian Ahmed Nour, a respected archaeologist, has also been killed on suspicions of being a collaborator. When Maggie discovers that the two men were colleagues, she is plunged into a mystery rooted in an unsolved riddle of the Bible. It all leads back to an ancient clay tablet looted from Baghdad's Museum of Antiquities and a secret that could end a war-or spark a new one.Itemize Books During The Last Testament (Maggie Costello #1)
| Original Title: | The Last Testament |
| ISBN: | 0007203330 (ISBN13: 9780007203338) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Maggie Costello #1 |
| Characters: | Maggie Costello |
| Setting: | West Bank(Palestinian Territory, Occupied) Israel Jerusalem(Israel) …more Tel Aviv(Israel) …less |
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Ratings: 3.64 From 4004 Users | 176 ReviewsPiece Epithetical Books The Last Testament (Maggie Costello #1)
Another sensational book by Sam Bourne, exploring not only a fast-paced thriller genre, but also some ancient biblical mystery. Set against the latest round of the Middle East peace talks, Bourne brings together a peace negotiator and the son of the man with the key to the secret, sending them on a mission to uncover this secret and keep from being killed.Bourne uses some key elements to push the story and its plot forward; namely the ongoing push for peace in the region, with the US as its key#Bookreview THE LAST TESTAMENT by SAM BOURNE. đź•Ťđź•Ś⛪There are different reasons for picking up a book and this time it was purely the exciting cover with the highly ambitious and suggestive tagline - "THE BIGGEST CHALLENGER TO DAN BROWN'S CROWN". Such direct comparisons can work both ways as they work brilliantly in enticing you towards an unknown author but also raise the expectations manifold. I think Mr Dan Brown can rest easy because this novel comes nowhere near any of his mythological
Quite a good thriller, set in Palestine/Israel. A Mesopotamian clay tablet claiming to be Abraham's last will and testament, bequeathing Jerusalem, is stolen from the Baghdad National Museum of Antiquities and resurfaces during peace negotiations, throwing them into chaos.
This was a bit shit. The problem is that Bourne seems to want to obscure the story rather than tell it. He jumps about, from one storyline to another - just as you get interested in one thread, the chapter ends and the next whisks you away, back in time perhaps, to another. Disorientated, you have to start again and then just as that thread gets interesting, off we go again!I can see how this is trying to be clever (and there's nothing wrong with trying to be clever), but it feels like clever
I enjoyed this book, I thought it was well paced, with a good story.An interesting use of history's influence on modern events, with what I thought were well thought out consequences.
Entertaining story starting with the looting of artifacts in Iraq by various people and the subsequent pursuit of selling them. This is woven into the fabric of a female American peace negotiator between Jews and Palestinians, Maggie Costello, coming across information about an ancient Cuneiform writing on a thin piece of rock. The plot gets much thicker, with more characters and exciting chases all over the mid east. She falls in love with the son of the murdered archaeologist who discovered
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