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Title: The Angel of Eden

Subtitle: Book Three in the Mesopotamian Trilogy

Author: D. J. McIntosh

Narrator: James Yaegashi

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-17-15

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense

Publisher's Summary:

The thrilling conclusion to the Mesopotamian trilogy about the origin of angels and the real location of the lost Garden of Eden.

In 2011, D. J. McIntosh took the book world by storm with her best-selling debut novel, The Witch of Babylon. Praised by The Globe and Mail for its "stellar research" and "superb writing", it introduced its audience to John Madison, a rakish New York art dealer who uncovered a fabulous treasure trove of antiquities in the hills outside Baghdad and the truth behind a famous story long believed to be a myth.

In this highly anticipated conclusion, Madison is hired by a famous magician to find a rare 16th-century book on angel magic and the former assistant who stole it 35 years ago. Madison's quest leads him from the great mosques and churches of Istanbul to the ruins of Pergamon and the temples of the ancient Near East, where he discovers the true location of the Garden of Eden, the nature of angels, and the dark story of his birth.

Members Reviews:

"A solid tale that is both rooted in fact and intriguing."

Full disclosure: normally, archeological action novels are not my first choice of reading material. All too often they are poorly researched and casually written, the plots taken a step too far for credibility, and substituting mindless action involving two-dimensional superheroes for more nuanced treatment, often with banal dialogue (though perhaps it simply fits the characters). For me, one of the great appeals of good crime fiction is the puzzle at the heart of the tale, challenging readers to match wits with the author, in a contest of reasoning and logic. For these reasons you wonât find me praising the questionable virtues of such best-selling authors as Dan Brown, and his legions of imitators.

That said, Canadian author D. J. McIntosh has recently completed the latest in her series of tales featuring antiquarian art dealer John Madison, as he tackles yet another puzzle rooted in the often mystical traditions of the Ancient Middle East. These are thoughtful and well-constructed stories that will appeal to a wide audience, including readers who are reluctant to lay reason aside and delve into the murky realms of the unknowable.

Her story begins in northwestern Iran, near the border with Turkey, in 1970. A young woman is being urged by her father to flee their home with her baby and seek refuge in the city of Tabriz. The cause of his concern soon becomes clear: her father possesses a book that evil men will do anything to acquire, and they have already killed at least one man for it. She mounts a horse guided by her brother, and leaves the only home she has ever known, realizing sheâs seeing itâand most of her familyâfor the very last time.

Thirty-five years later antiquarian John Madison is resting in a borrowed Manhattan apartment, savouring a box of chocolate truffles that has been delivered for Valentineâs Day. The sender, a stranger named Margaux Bennet, asks in return that he meet her to discuss a project, and he agrees. When he goes to her flat Madison learns that she is a ghostwriter, and is working on an article about him. Sheâs been hired by a man named Lucas Strauss, a Harvard-educated illusionist interested in tracking down a rare book stolen from him by a man named George Helmstretter. The man had claimed he was descended from none other than the real Dr.