From Publishers Weekly Becker gathers many familiar elements of the religious artifact subgenre and reshuffles them into an entertaining, hunt-and-chase thriller that races from the English countryside to a hidden valley in the Middle East. Angela Lewis, a British Museum ceramics conservator, persuades her ex-husband with whom she remains friendly, police detective Chris Bronson, to join her at Carfax Hall, the Suffolk estate of recently murdered minor aristocrat Oliver Wendell-Carfax, who has willed his collection of antiques and ancient relics to the museum. At the hall, the pair uncover clues that point to an ancient treasure, one that Angela and Bronson have searched for in two earlier books, The First Apostle and The Moses Stone. A mad priest, who doesn't want the treasure to be found, and a greedy industrialist, who desires it for economic gain, make trouble. Appealing and clever protagonists coupled with intriguing history set this above the average Dan Brown clone. (Dec.)
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Product Description Assessing the contents of a lavish English estate, museum conservator Angela Lewis discovers a crate full of sealed pottery jars-one of which holds a parchment which describes the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth.
For Angela, the find is a miracle-a written reference to Jesus outside of the New Testament. But her discovery draws her and her husband, Chris, into a centuries-old race for the truth that they may not win...or survive.
Fiction,Action & Adventure,Suspense,Conspiracies,Jesus Christ - Tomb,Relics,Thrillers,Manuscripts,Archaeology

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The Messiah Secret - Book 3 - Chris Bronson

James Becker; Peter Stuart Smith

Penguin Putnam Inc

Signet Select

ROC Hardcover

New York

Berkley

N A L

Chris Bronson, New York, United States, 2010

United States, United States of America

Penguin Random House LLC, [N.p.], 2010

1st, First Edition, PS, 2010

Signet Select, ©2010

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SOME SECRETS ARE TOO GREAT TO BE REVEALED. SOME LIES ARE TOO DANGEROUS TO BE DISCOVERED
Asked to help assess the contents of a lavish English estate, museum conservator Angela Lewis is surprised to discover an unopened crate full of sealed pottery jars. But what she discovers, within one of the jars shocks her; a parchment with writing by a noted first-century Jewish scholar that describes the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth.
For Anglea, the find is a miracle: the first written reference to Jesus outside the New Testament. But her discovery draws her into a centuries-old-race for the truth, with a field of competitors driven by both ruthless avarice and fanatical devotion. And if Angela survives, the truth may prove to be more than she can bear.
(Description from back cover of mass market paperback edition)

"AD 72: A band of warriors march across a mountainous wasteland. Only they know what they carry. And once they've reached their destination, they must all die to protect it. AD 2010: In a crumbling mansion deep in the English countryside a piece of ancient parchment has been found. Written in arcane code is the answer to a mystery that has explosive implications. Enter Chris Bronson. Determined to solve the mystery that has puzzled scholars and thinkers for nearly two millennia, he embarks on a journey to one of the most remote and hostile parts of the world. But someone is following him. Someone desperate to protect the centuries-old secret. And who is far more dangerous than he could ever have imagined..." --p.[4] of cover.

"Assessing the contents of a lavish English estate, museum conservator Angela Lewis discovers a crate full of sealed pottery jars-one of which holds a parchment which describes the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth. For Angela, the find is a miracle-a written reference to Jesus outside of the New Testament. But her discovery draws her and her husband, Chris, into a centuries-old race for the truth that they may not win ... or survive."--FreshFiction.com

Assessing the contents of a lavish English estate, museum conservator Angela Lewis discovers a crate full of sealed pottery jars-one of which holds a parchment which describes the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth. For Angela, the find is a miracle - a written reference to Jesus outside of the New Testament. But her discovery draws her and her husband, Chris, into a centuries-old race for the truth that they may not win ... or survive

After Museum Conservator Angela Lewis Discovers A Parchment Written By A Noted First-century Jewish Scholar That Describes The Life And Times Of Jesus, Her Miraculous Find Soon Turns Deadly When She Is Targeted By Religious Fanatics And Drawn Into A Centuries-old Race For The Truth. Original.

2011-11-04