Glenn Cooper - Book of Souls

REVIEW BY BRIAN LOWEN ON SHOW 18TH AUGUST

I think this book is well summed up by the sticker on the front cover that says if you love Dan Brown you will love this.

I also think that it would be most advisable to read Library of the Dead, to which this book is a sequel, before reading this as you will not know what is going on until you get well into the book.

A shocking truth lies within the pages of an ancient library, locked inside a high-security complex deep beneath the Nevada desert. The US government will stop at nothing to keep it classified, but now a shadowy group of ex-employees want the world to know – however terrifying the disclosure might prove to be. When a single volume, missing from the original collection, mysteriously surfaces at a London auction house, they persuade former FBI agent Will Piper to help them obtain it and unlock the ultimate secret of the library, once and for all.

Travelling to England, Will discovers the text contains a sonnet that holds a series of clues that reveal the book has had a profound effect on the history of mankind. But all the time he is being watched, and as he gets nearer to the final revelation, he and his young family become a direct target for a deadly group of men whose duty it is to protect the library’s secret – whatever it takes.
Another good story from Glenn Cooper, completely far-fetched, but still very enjoyable.
Not so much of a thriller, well, until the last few chapters, but rather a good tale of following mysterious clues and solving ancient riddles.

Once again, the story jumps across the centuries, but this is not a problem as each part is well contained and you know how they are going to slot into the final conclusion.

Well recommended.