In his thriller The Bookworm (#815), Mitch Silver ties together an ancient book from a Belgian monastery, a successful ploy by the Allies during World War II, and current events in Russia and the United States through a Russian bookworm, Larissa Mendelova Klimt, buried in the Military Archives in Moscow busy researching the trove of Nazi documents brought back to Russia after the fall of Germany. She's intent on finding material for her next book on geopolitical history. For academics, it's always a matter of publish or perish.
The discovery of an arm still with a handcuff attached in a London construction site sets in motion a series of events half a world away which will drag the reluctant Lara out of her isolation and into the midst of a cat-and-mouse game searching for the ultimate prize: a Bible once owned by Adolf Hitler himself.
The plot moves right along here as Lara is goaded into her participation in the search by the carrots and sticks of the other players. What they hope to achieve with possession of this artifact only gradually becomes clear to Lara. Who can she possibly trust to avert the coming crisis?
I did enjoy this book, but I do admit to being a little disappointed in the ending in Red Square. Well, you can't have everything, can you? Worth taking a look at, if you enjoy political thrillers.
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