The Last Testament - Hardcover

Bourne, Sam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061470864 ISBN 13: 9780061470868

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2009

Synopsis

Several years after a teenage boy disappears with an ancient clay tablet from Baghdad's Museum of Antiquities, the shooting of a man at a historic government peace accord prompts negotiator Maggie Costello to investigate a series of deaths at West Bank Jewish settlements and Palestinian refugee camps. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

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‘The biggest challenger to Dan Brown’s crown ... a highly charged, theologically accurate tale’ Mirror

‘Compulsive reading ... successfully blends ancient teachings with the highly charged ways of the 21st century ... bears all the hallmarks of a blockbuster’ Daily Express

‘The best thriller I’ve read in years.’ Piers Morgan

'More readable than The Da Vinci Code – the sense of menace is darker and the characters more believable' Esquire

From the Back Cover:

April 2003: an Iraqi boy loots an ancient clay tablet from a long-forgotten vault in the Baghdad Museum of Antiquities.

Years later, at a rally for the signing of a historic deal between Israel and the Palestinians, a suspected assassin pushes through the crowd toward the Israeli prime minister. Bodyguards shoot the man dead. But in his hand there is no gun—only a blood-stained note.

A series of seemingly random revenge killings follows and tensions boil over. Washington calls in star peace-negotiator Maggie Costello. With her relationship in trouble and old sins to atone for, Maggie finds herself in an impossible situation, especially when she discovers the murders are not random. Someone is killing archaeologists and historians—those who know the buried secrets of the ancient past.

Menaced on all sides by violent extremists, Costello is plunged into a mystery rooted in the last unsolved riddle of the Bible. The truth could end hostilities—or spark the war to end all wars.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061470864
• ISBN 13: 9780061470868
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 439