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The Dead Sea Codex

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Lisa Donahue is in Israel examining some ceramic object for loan to Philadelphia's University Museum where she is curator. She is also an archaeologist, and is very interested in some ancient papyrus she discovers.

She runs into her ex-boyfriend Greg Manzur. They met seven years ago when she was here during her junior year to study archaeology. Now she's engaged to a dr. She doesn't want to revisit her relationship with Greg.

But, when he tells her about the ancient manuscripts he is searching for and she tells him about the ancient papyrus she has discovered, they join forces. There are people out to find the manuscripts to destroy them, and they will also destroy anyone who tries to hinder them in their quest.

Can Lisa keep things professional with Greg? Can they locate the manuscripts before anyone else and without getting injured along the way?

This is a great book. Such a fast read, too. You won't want to put it down. Lisa is a well-written character and the fact that the book is told from multiple points of view only enhances the story. The location is wonderful. The author has a great way of making you feel like you are there with Lisa. The search intensifies and you often don't know who is good and who is bad. I highly recommend this book.

Fast moving, informative, archaeological mystery. Good story line. Believable, situations. Good discriptions of old Jerusalem. Seems rushed at the end to complete the story.

This book really needs editing. There are no quotation marks around any of the dialogue, and I found this quite disconcerting. There are also missing question marks at the end of a sentence, and question marks in the middle of a word. The story itself was only mildly interesting, and I don't think this book is worth the purchase price.