Genre: Cozy
Mystery/Native American
Description:
“In 1947, the first Dead Sea scrolls—parchment containing
2,000-year-old versions of Biblical text—were discovered in caves above Qumran,
Israel. Archaeological study of Qumran suggests it was a community of Essenes,
ascetic monks whose teachings influenced the earliest Christian thought. When
medium Sam Firecloud is invited to walk the ruins to connect with a spirit
there, he wonders what—or who—he’ll find. The executive director of Qumran has
a guess; he believes the soul who dwells there could be no less than the ghost
of Jesus Christ.”
Author:
“Melissa Bowersock is an
eclectic, award-winning author who writes in a variety of fiction and non-fiction
genres: biography, contemporary, western, action, romance, fantasy, paranormal
and spiritual. She has been both traditionally and independently published and
is a regular contributor to the superblog Indies Unlimited. She has a tattoo on
the inside of her left wrist that says IMAGINE. In her next life, she plans to
be an astronaut. She lives in a small community in northern Arizona with her
husband and an Airedale terrier. She also writes under the pen name Amber
Flame.”
Appraisal:
Dead Sea
Walk surprised me. I was expecting a bunch of religious gibberish that was
going to go in one ear and out the other as I rolled my eyes. That is not what
I got. Now when your name starts being bandied about by brainy billionaire
buddies, you can be sure that you’ve made a name for yourself. Which is how Sam
and Lacey Firecloud end up in Qumran, Israel at the request from Alec Mainville,
the executive director of Qumran archaeological study.
Mainville admits his two
passions in life are the Bible and archaeology. Mainville is in charge of the
recovery efforts going on in the caves which held the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the
ruins of what is believed to be the community of Essenes, ascetic monks whose
teachings influenced the earliest Christian thought.
Mainville not only wants to piece together the physical history of the
area, but the metaphysical as well. He wants to explore the spiritual energy
that surrounds the area. He has had other psychic’s report that there is a
spirit tethered there and who they think it is. Mainville has been told by
Cameron Gregory, an astrophysicist, who has his own story in Gangster Walk (book 14) that Sam has the
honesty and integrity to tell him the truth and will settle the matter once and
for all.
The story that develops is fascinating. Ms. Bowersock is a master
storyteller who knows how to draw the reader in and keep them enthralled. Sam
Firecloud agrees to try a new method as the spirit is fading and not just
because it is an old spirit. This twist surprised and delighted me. Don’t miss
this book, I bet you will be as amazed as I was.
FYI:
Dead Sea
Walk is book 25 in Ms. Bowersock’s, A Lacey Fitzpatrick and Sam Firecloud
Mystery Series.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Nothing worth noting.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 25-30,000 words
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