“The Columbus Affair” by Steve Berry, published by Ballantine Books.

Category – Mystery/Thriller

Steve Berry is one of the best writers today that incorporate historical fact and fiction so well that it is very difficult to tell the difference between the two. This is largely due to how well Barry has researched the subject of his book.

In “The Columbus Affair”, there are certain aspects of what we have all been taught about Christopher Columbus that are questioned.
Was Christopher Columbus Catholic? Could he have been Jewish? Was he seeking a new world or a place to practice the Jewish faith? Tom Sagen is an investigative reporter who has won a Pulitzer Prize but has everything taken away from him when one of his stories is deemed false and uncreditable. On the verge of suicide he becomes involved in finding the three lost treasures of the Jewish faith. He does so reluctantly and only because his estranged daughter is being held captive. The search takes Tom from the United States, to Austria, to Prague, and Jamaica. Tom also must solve a riddle that will lead him to the treasures but only at considerable risk to anyone who attempts to locate them.

A true Steve Berry thriller that has everything you would expect, mystery, historical fact, fiction, action, and things unexpected.

For those who read Steve Berry this is not a Cotton Malone, Cassiopeia Vitt novel, this one stands alone but has all the excitement of his prior novels.