The Map Thief: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345494695 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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She lives in Pittsburgh with her family. . A lawyer with more than ten years’ experience as a litigator at two of the country’s premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies, Terrell is a graduate of Boston College and of the Boston University School of Law. Heather Terrell is also the author of The Chrysalis and The Book of Kildare
From Booklist Art sleuth Mara Coyne goes in search of a rare Chinese map in Terrell’s follow-up to The Chrysalis (2006). Lots of bad guys want to prevent Mara and her cohort, archaeologist Ben Coleman, from recovering the map. Mysterious circumstances seem to have landed the map in Portugal, where Vasco da Gama used it to find a sea route to India. Terrell, a Pittsburgh-based attorney, presents a clever premise, but her novel is short on momentum and suspense, shifting awkwardly between Coyne’s investigation and the historic journeys of da Gama and Zheng He. The unlikely pair (chic, well-dressed Mara and scruffy academic Ben) always seem a step ahead of the villains, bu
Republican kingmaker Richard Tobias has hired attorney Mara Coyne, he says, because of her skill in recovering stolen art, but Mara senses that he is not telling her everything. But as Mara begins her investigation, she uncovers the shocking truth: The map is more valuable than anyone has even imagined, and her client’s motives are more sinister than she suspected.From Hong Kong to the Italian countryside, from Lisbon to the remote reaches of Communist China, and literally around the world on the ships o
terry broxson said good potential. This has all the elements of a really good story. Maybe in the hands of Wilber Smith or Gary Jennings the story would have come to life. Terry Broxson. Dull, poorly written and difficult to read I found this to be a poorly written book where the characters, even after many chapters, remain no more than cardboard cutouts. The cutting back and forth between the three time lines is not well done and makes the reading a chore rather than a pleasure. The . This is a must read and one that will keep you thoroughly entertained This is an extremely well written novel by Heather Terrell, a practicing attorney, which is suspenseful, mysterious, and historically accurate. Heather uses a ploy which is artfully arranged into sequences, the chapters, so that they traverse the centuries fr