I have been working on.(author is K L Phelps) In the first 3 books, we find that Kat has some big memory lapses of the weekend she spent in Vegas. There are a lot of them, too. This book is the first part of Kat's backstory. It is more serious than the first 3 although we see flashes of some of Kat's quirks which become running gags in the after Vegas storylines. There is still a lot of humor though and some high tension moments.
At first I wondered why the author did not start with the events in Vegas, but having read this book, I think doing this allowed him to really have fun with the characters and let us get to know them first, then take us back to where it all started. Had this been the first book, I still would have wanted to read the series because ..cliffhanger...
Looking forward to the 5th book Waking Up In Vegas.
Now I am reading The Swagger Sword by David S Brody, in his Knights Templar in America series. Fact: In the 1980s, a Vatican archbishop and rogue group of Freemasons were implicated in the murder of Pope John Paul I. A decade later, that same cleric illicitly acquired an ancient Templar scroll directly undermining fundamental Church teachings.
Today, historians Cameron Thorne and Amanda Spencer-Gunn stumble upon a sword engraved with a map leading to this hidden scroll. A pope was murdered the first time to keep the scroll a secret. Can Cam and Amanda escape a similar fate?
Based on actual historical artifacts, and illustrated.
I love these books. Brody builds his stories around documented artifacts related to the Knights Templar which have been found in North America. Pictures of the items are included, and good descriptions of where they are found. History/archaeology/adventure fans will like them.
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