| Nicholas Whistler is a very unlucky young
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| | the true Menorah was hidden. He also wins
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| man, debt-ridden, and an easy target for
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| | the heart of his assistant. The history
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| someone who wants to recruit him for
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| | is so vivid and the codes so challenging
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| something illegal and dangerous in the
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| | that I was immediately convinced that
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| Cold War 60s. But Nicholas has little
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| | this was the greatest treasure hunt novel
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| choice in the matter and agrees to travel
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| | ever written, better far than all of
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| to Prague to fetch important state or
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| | Indiana Jones' adventures. It also became
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| technological secrets. The Night of
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| | the benchmark for my own novel, The
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| Wencelas is non-stop adventure as his
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| | Cellini Masterpiece, as I perfected it
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| simple mission becomes life-threatening
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| | over the next two decades.From his
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| and he suddenly realizes what he has
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| | website I learned that he was born in
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| become involved with. No longer a
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| | Hull, Yorkshire. He left school early to
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| tourist, he is now a hunted man in an
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| | become an office boy at The Spectator in
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| enemy city and must find his way to the
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| | London. Later he joined the Keystone
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| British Embassy to make his escape.As I
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| | Press Agency. In the Second World War he
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| read the book I realized that Lionel
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| | served with the Royal Naval Submarine
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| Davidson had managed to work his magic
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| | Service. In 1946, he returned to the
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| twenty years after the book was written.
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| | Keystone Press Agency. He travelled all
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| I eagerly read the Rose of Tibet and the
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| | over Europe as a reporter. On one of
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| Menorah Men in quick succession. Though I
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| | these trips he got the idea for his first
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| enjoyed The Rose, it didn't quite have
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| | thriller. His first book was a tremendous
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| the same hold on me that Night of
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| | success and he gave up his job to become
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| Wencelas had produced. Then I started on
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| | a full-time writer. It turtned out to be
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| The Menorah Men. My eyes bugged. Wow!
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| | a good move. He has won the Gold Dagger
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| Talk about mind candy. I couldn't put it
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| | three times: in 1960 for The Night of
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| down.Imagine what it would be like to be
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| | Wenceslas, in 1966 for A long way to
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| a young archaeologist who is sudeenly and
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| | Shiloh (US title The Menorah Men) and in
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| unexpectedly recruited by the government
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| | 1978 for The Chelsea Murders (US title
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| of Israel to find a treasure that was
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| | Murder Games)Davidson lived in Israel for
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| thought to have been destroyed in Roman
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| | a time and then returned to England. In
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| Times, but may still exist hidden
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| | 2001 he was awarded the Diamond Dagger.
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| somewhere in the Sinai. Young Casper
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| | Davidson lives and works in London.I have
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| Laing is intrigued, but unconvinced. He
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| | never had the pleasure or opportunity of
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| is even more hesitant when he realizes
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| | meeting this giant in the mystery field,
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| that Arabs from Jordan were also hot on
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| | but I do hope I will. For all of you who
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| the trail of the artifact. His partner in
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| | haven't had the pleasure of reading his
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| the search is a beautiful young Israeli
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| | work, I invite you to find copies. You're
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| soldier who has an archaeological
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| | in for a wonderful treat.John Anderson is
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| background. She is also engaged to a
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| | a fan of Mystery/Adventure/Suspense. The
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| Yemeni officer in the Israeli Army. Along
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| | Cellini Masterpiece is set on the island
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| the way, Laing is kidnapped, shot at,
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| | of Malta and involves a secret dating to
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| takes a prolonged bath in the Dead Sea
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| | the mid 1500s.
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| and untilmately unlocks the code to where
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