First-time novelist Berry weighs in with a hefty thriller that's long on interesting research but short on thrills. Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler and ex-husband Paul are divorced but still care for each other. Rachel's father, Karol Borya, knows secrets about the famed Amber Room, a massive set of intricately carved panels crafted from the precious substance and looted by Nazis during WWII from Russia's Catherine Palace. The disappearance of the panels, which together formed a room, remains one of the world's greatest unsolved art mysteries. Borya's secret gets him killed as two European industrialists/art collectors go head to head in a deadly race to find the fabled room. Searching for Borya's killer, Rachel and Paul bumble their way to Europe, where their naivet‚ triggers more deaths. Berry has obviously done his homework, and he seems determined to find a place for every fact he's unearthed. The plot slows for descriptions of various art pieces, lectures and long internal monologues in which characters examine their innermost feelings and motives in minute detail, while also packing in plenty of xxx and an abundance of brutal killings. A final confrontation between all the principals ends in a looming Bavarian castle where Rachel is raped. All the right elements are in place, but the book is far too long and not as exciting as the ingredients suggest. Readers may end up wishing Berry had written a nonfiction account of the fascinating story of the Amber Room and skipped the fictional mayhem.

After learning about your royal heritage, you’re off on a fantastic adventure to undo the amber curse and save the King and Queen! Return to your kingdom and free the people, animals, and objects from the Dark Queen’s treacherous grip. Fulfill your destiny and stop evil from taking over the entire world in Spirits of Mystery: Amber Maiden, an amazing Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure game.

Afterlearning about your royal heritage, you’re off on a fantastic adventureto undo the amber curse and save the King and Queen! Return to yourkingdom and free the people, animals, and objects from the Dark Queen’streacherous grip. Fulfill your destiny and stop evil from taking overthe entire world in Spirits of Mystery: Amber Maiden, an amazing HiddenObject Puzzle Adventure game.

 

Afterlearning about your royal heritage, you’re off on a fantastic adventureto undo the amber curse and save the King and Queen! Return to yourkingdom and free the people, animals, and objects from the Dark Queen’streacherous grip. Fulfill your destiny and stop evil from taking overthe entire world in Spirits of Mystery: Amber Maiden, an amazing HiddenObject Puzzle Adventure game.