I probably needed to listen more carefully to keep all of the characters straight. The Library of Gold is a secret society that has existed for hundreds of years, dating back to Ivan the Terrible; membership is exclusive. Three years ago, Eva Baker's husband Charles was killed in a car crash, and Eva was framed for it. Fast forward to today, and Eva is released from jail on special assignment from the CIA to help track down an ancient text that might be linked to terrorist activity. (Eva is one of the most respected in her field, a rare books curator.) At the public viewing of the Book of Spies at the British Library, Eva swears she sees her husband. Woe is me! I have just discovered spy-writer Gayle Lynds who has co-written several books in Robert Ludlum’s series of spy thrillers as well as a number of her own best-selling stories. Why “woe is me” then? Because I have just finished THE BOOK OF SPIES (ISBN 978-0312946081, $9.99, St. Martins Paperback) and now have to add Gayle’s previous books to my current list of favorite spy-writers. The book is over 500 pages and contains the author’s afterward about what is real and what is not.Based on a real, yet mysterious library created more than 600 years ago by the Byzantine emperors, the Library of Gold surfaces in the 21st Century. It is currently “owned and protected” by a Book Club consisting of 10 of the wealthiest people in the world who have plans to acquire mining rights in Afghanistan potentially worth trillions of dollars, even if hundreds of people need to be eliminated. The story takes us from California to Washington, DC, to locales in Europe. Reluctant CIA contract operative, Judd Ryder, and librarian/curator, Eva Blake, match wits with the Book Club members and its hired killers. A real page-turner. I look forward to reading Gayle Lynds’ previous titles.
Do You like book Das Buch Des Verrats Thriller (2007)?
Fun spy novel that has some twists and turns to keep me guessing!
—divi
Exciting, had some interesting historical facts. Good.
—ari
