Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Amber Room, Steve Berry's first novel is a first class thriller



Rarely,  do I pick up a novel and feel like finishing it in one sitting.

The Amber Room is one such novel.

It's an international thriller of suspense and roller coaster action.

The Amber Room is a czarist treasure that was stolen by the Nazis towards the end of World War II.
Two wealthy art collectors in the business of dealing in stolen art are in competition to locate this treasure.

Their lieutenants are two ruthless agents who are free to crisscross the world and use any lethal methods to uncover clues about the treasure's whereabouts.

The stage is set for two Atlanta  lawyers who are divorced-still harboring love for each other- to enter the action because both have lost parents who also were searching for the amber room.

Rachel, a trial judge, first takes off to find her father's associate, perhaps the only living individual with knowledge of the treasure's location. Not to be outdone, her ex Paul sets our after her.

Not to spoil the novel, I'll only disclose that Rachel nearly gets killed.

But who has the treasure?  Who survives and who is wiped out?

Read this entertaining novel to find out.

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