### Review 'Just when it looked as if Robert Harris had cornered the market in historical thrillers, along comes Alan Furst with a book that Harris could not better if he lived to be 100. Wartime Paris is beautifully evoked.' Sunday Telegraph 'Alan Furst's sequence of spy novels deserves to be as f
Red Gold
โ Scribed by Robert D Kidera
- Publisher
- Suspense Publishing
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
โIf youโre going through hell, keep goingโฆโโฉโจShaken by the death of his beloved wife and wrestling with powerful personal demons, Professor Gabriel McKenna leaves New York City for New Mexico to claim an inheritance from mysterious distant relatives. He finds something other than a Land of Enchantment.โฉโจUnseen enemies threaten his life. Old friends turn up and rally to his side. Together they plunge into a lethal struggle for a 19th Century treasure, the fabled Lost Adams gold. McKenna enters a world of violence, passion, sexual abuse, deceit, and death that cause him to question his core beliefs and values, and even his sense of self. โฉโจDesperate to find a way home, McKenna must first unearth the secret of an old family manuscript and risk his life against overpowering odds. He must rekindle his long-dead fighting spirit and discover new reasons to live and love.
โฆ Subjects
Mystery
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