There are topics that cannot be missed while when writing a book, particularly a thriller, based in Italy. Topics like mafia connections and religious devotion may be necessary motives without whom such a novel may sound largely unauthentic.
Some authors though can bring both topics in a highly eventful thriller. Old Bones in Puglia by Tom Benjamin was my chance to meet again Daniel Leicester, the Italy-bounded Brit. In a fascinating environment, Daniel is caught in the midst of a tale where mafiosi threats are coming dangerously close to home and his family, while trying to trace some stolen antiquities.
I am personally fascinated by stories where antiquities and archeology are the canvas where thriller stories are written, and this book is exceptionally feeding my expectations in this respect. The personal story is tightly connected to the thriller and creates a special tension within the story. After all, the life and death in Leicester´s close knit family creates higher stakes as in a very neutral matter-of-factly investigation.
Well-written, tensed and impossible to put it down; this is how I like my Monday thrillers.
The book is the seventh in the Daniel Leicester series, but can be easily be read as a stand-alone. I personally hope there will be a number eight and many more installments in the series, as both the characters and the ambiance scream against an early farewell.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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