Elisha's Bones (A Jack Hawthorne Adventure Book #1)

Don Hoesel

Mar 2009 · A Jack Hawthorne Adventure Book 1 · Baker Books

About this ebook

Every year, professor of antiquities Jack Hawthorne looks forward to the winter break as a time to hide away from his responsibilities. Even if just for a week or two. But this year, his plans are derailed when he's offered almost a blank check from a man chasing a rumor.

Billionaire Gordon Reese thinks he knows where the bones of the prophet Elisha are--bones that in the Old Testament brought the dead back to life. A born skeptic, Jack doesn't think much of the assignment but he could use the money, so he takes the first step on a chase for the legendary bones that will take him to the very ends of the earth. But he's not alone. Joined with a fiery colleague, Esperanza Habilla, they soon discover clues to a shadowy organization whose long-held secrets have been protected . . . at all costs. As their lives are threatened again and again, the real race is to uncover the truth before those chasing them hunt them down.

Ratings and reviews

This book was OK. It started off well, kinda wavered in the middle and finished fast, probably too fast. While I really like the premise, there was just too much luck involved. The main character got out of too many life/death situations by mere luck, while his friends keep getting killed. Then, at the end, with all the dead people and the criminal investigations that would follow, everything just....goes away? If the sequel ends up as a free selection like this one did, I'll get it, but otherwise I don't think I'd make the investment. If looking for adventure books involving archaeology/anthropology, I'd suggest Thunderhead by Douglas Preston by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, or maybe Dance Hall of the Dead (Navajo Mysteries, #2) by Tony Hillerman by Tony Hillerman for a good mystery. For real life, try The Lost City of Z A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann about Percy Fawcett. The eBook was formatted well with no obvious errors

Search for a biblical relic turns up danger, mystery, suspense, and just a hint of romance.

I really enjoyed the plot and suspense of the book.

About the author

Don Hoesel is a Web site designer for a Medicare carrier in Nashville, TN. He has a BA in Mass Communication from Taylor University and has published short fiction in Relief Journal. He lives in Spring Hill, Tennessee, with his wife and two children. Elisha's Bones is his first novel.