An FBI agent, tormented by a death he wasn't able to prevent, a crime he's never been able to solve and a love he's never forgotten, discovers that his true conflict resides not in his past, but in a…Past Life.
Haunted by a twenty-year old murder of a beautiful young painter, Lucian Glass keeps his demons at bay through his fascinating work as a Special Agent with the FBI's Art Crime Team. Currently investigating a crazed art collector who has begun destroying prized masterworks, Glass is thrust into a bizarre hostage negotiation that takes him undercover at the Phoenix Foundation—dedicated to the science of past life study—where, in order to maintain his cover, he agrees to submit to the treatment of a hypnotist.
Under hypnosis, Glass travels from ancient Greece to 19th century Persia, while the case takes him from New York to Paris and the movie capital of world. These journeys will change his very understanding of reality, lead him to question his own sanity and land him at the center of perhaps the most audacious art heist in history: the theft of a 1,500 year old sculpture from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
International bestselling author M. J. Rose's The Hynpotist is her most mesmerizing novel yet. An adventure, a love story, a clash of cultures, a spiritual quest, it is above all a thrilling capstone to her unique Reincarnation novels, The Reincarnationist and The Memorist.
My Take:
The Hypnotist was my first foray into the Reincarnation novels by MJ Rose. It is the third in the series, but coming in having not read the first two did not impact the story at all for me. This could serve as a stand alone novel, but I am absolutely adding the other two to my summer reading list!
I really love when an author has done their footwork, and really gets to know the material they are working with. I like to know that they have done the research, and really know what they are talking about. MJ Rose is clearly passionate about her writing, and spares nothing in accurately portraying her topics. She makes the book believable and pulls the reader in from the very first page.
The Hypnotist is a complex read, it will have the reader deep in thought, contemplating some major life questions. There is no shortage of suspense either, be prepared to be firmly planted on the edge of your seat. An excellent novel from an author I look forward to reading more from.
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I've read the first two in the series, and have had a review copy of this one for a long time and haven't gotten to it. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
This sounds very cool. I've always wanted to be hired for the FBI's Art Crime team!
Did you know there's a memoir out now by a former member of the ACT? I think it's called Priceless.
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