The Star in the East: A Winter Tale of Ancient Mystery by John Adcox, Carol Bales
Story starts out with Beth and she's on a mission, leaving clues til her heart wears out...
Story also follows her spouse a Red Sox player and she has left him clues all about his family.
She has spent years with his Christmas gift. Love references about Walton's Mountain, I'm Your Man-title from Cohen song and mention of other Story Plant authors-so cool! So many gems and treasures in this read.
Gaspar leaves baseball and starts following the clues she's left him and he teams up with
from The Story Plant. He teams up with a Hungarian, Will who runs a rare bookstore and he accompanies him as the action kicks in to fast pace and so many are out to get them, and their books.
Ana also helps them and she informs them her grandfather is the problem to their endeavors and he feels the legacy is for him...
So much travel and adventure, so many gems they find in the places where they travel to. Author describes the action and places in so much detail, I feel as if I am seeing it for myself.
So much to decipher that is in code and where it leads them. Religion and interpretations of the Bible and travels of Marco Polo and others, and important part toy store has.
Tragic, haunting, intuitive, lethal circumstances.
Afterword is about how the story came about, the winter tales.
Acknowledgements, about the author and his wife the illustrator.
Received this review copy from The Story Plant and this is my honest opinion.
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