I was
delighted to be given the chance to do a guest review for Shaz’s Book Blog as
it has introduced me to a new author I really liked. This is my first encounter
with Tom Harper which surprises me as he has written a number of historical
mystery novels and his books will appeal to fans of Kate Mosse and Manda Scott.
The Orpheus
Descent is a dual time mystery following the philosopher Plato as he journeys
to Italy to meet a friend and discovers a tiny golden orphic tablet; the secret
to a life changing mystery, before returning home to write the texts which made
him famous. The book is also the story of Lily an archaeologist who while working
at a dig in Italy discovers a tiny golden tablet and her husband Jonah who
arrives at the dig to find that Lily has disappeared. The story follows Plato
and Jonah on their separate but parallel journeys across Greece and Italy and
the plot includes Greek Mythology, the riots and unrest in modern Greece and
the secretive group of university friends who might know more about Lily’s disappearance
than they are pretending too. My only criticism is that the climax of the story
is a little drawn out stretching over a number of chapters, although it leads
to a satisfying conclusion.
The Orpheus Descent is out now in hardback from Hodder.
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