There is no reason for Jerusalem to be on my “Places to Visit” list. I am not a Muslim, a Christian or a Jew. Yet it remains one of the places that I hope I will one day be able to see – a feeling accentuated by this novel.
As far as the story goes, it seems like a purely hypothetical situation – the Middle East situation being what it is or what it always has been! Anyways, the novel begins with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the negotiation table, finally. The stakes are high and they get higher when death starts knocking on the doors on both sides. The first to die is Shimon Guttman - an outspoken Israeli activist who is vehemently against any peace plan if that involves yielding an inch of their territory. An eminent Archaeologist on the Palestinian side, Ahmed Nour, is the next victim. And the bloody trail goes on. A reputed American negotiator, Maggie Costello, is dragged back from her forced retirement to drive the teams back to the talks. Teamed up with Shimon Guttman’s son Uri, she discovers that a clay tablet looted from the Baghdad museum is at the bottom of all this mayhem. Of course, you will have to read the novel to find out what the tablet contains :-)
A delightful read for anyone who likes to read about long-lost treasures! I wonder though, who will get to play the devastatingly handsome Uri Guttman if Hollywood ever decides to make a movie on this. ;-)
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