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| 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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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.Declare Epithetical Books The Last Testament (Maggie Costello #1)
| Title | : | The Last Testament (Maggie Costello #1) |
| Author | : | Sam Bourne |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 567 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2008 by HarperCollins - GB (first published July 2nd 2007) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Adventure |
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Ratings: 3.64 From 4004 Users | 176 ReviewsWrite Up Epithetical Books The Last Testament (Maggie Costello #1)
A LONG BLOG ABOUT THIS OUTSTANDING NOVEL....PLEASE DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LENGTH...!!!AUTHOR... Sam Bourne..CHARACTERS... Maggie Castello, Shimon Guttman, Uri Guttman, Bruce Miller, Khalil-Al-Safi, Amir Tal, Ahmed Naur (Ehud Ramon), Baruch Kishon, Rachel Guttman, Yaakov Yariv, Akiva Shapia and Afif Aweida..LOCATION.. Jerusalem (Israel)GENRE Thriller....ABOUT THE BOOK... A four millennium old ancient genuine Clay Tablet, sworn by Prophet Abraham in the form of will, regarding bequeathing ofBourne wrote The Last Testament in nonsequential order and that, together with the large character pool, made the story challenging to follow. The rampant use of vulgar language and several intimate scenes seemed unnecessary and distracted from the progression of the novel.I never connected with any of the books characters and I didnt feel fear, sympathy, happiness or any sentiment other than regret as I read. Even more frustrating were the clichéd attempts at reaching my emotions like Bourne
4+ish. Israeli/Palestinian politics, with a whiff of The DaVinci Code.
Sam Bourne is my other favourite author beside Dan Brown for this genre. Conspiracy, international dispute/tragedy, diplomatic official < you can expect those things from his books. The author took plot from different time, places and characters, yet it connected with the current event of the main character. As a Moslem, it give me another point of view about the Israel-Palestine conflict. Last but not least, the way he described Jerussalem made me want to visit it!
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
People keep on buying me books I won't like.This trashy thriller is so contrived I nearly cried. Not for the first time I'm grateful a book doesn't take long to read.Comparisons to The Da Vinci Code are inevitable, because this is in precisely the same vein throughout. It's not the only book Bourne's paid close attention to. From the very start the characters and plot are formulaic beyond belief.An example; at least 5 times a chapter, there are hints about "something happening in africa in the
Contrived, predictable and not very believable. Typical airport bookstore ware.
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