-CRIME THRILLER BY-
BERNARD COOKSON
THE FIFTH DAY
Art thief, David Denby, was looking forward to an amusing lunch date with an old flame: the lovely Contessa Antonella. But the meeting led to an astonishing request - and his most ambitious theft to date.
The meticulously executed crime taxes the experience and imagination of Commissario Pasetti, for whom the biggest question of all is WHY?
Two people, on the fringes of society, threaten Denby's escape: Anna, a street urchin who lives by picking the pockets of tourists - and a vagrant known as 'Radio Man'.
Their evidence leads the dogged Pasetti in hot pursuit across northern Italy, to the wooded shores of Lake Como.
It is only as the chase closes in, that one of the shadowy figures behind the crime finally shows his hand, with shocking consequences.
The Fifth Day is a modern ripping yarn, woven around a magnificent idea and peopled with finely and truthfully drawn characters. The plot is engaging and controversial, raising topical issues of religion, science and morality. Bernard Cookson tells the fast-moving story with a masterly balance of pace and depth. It kept me guessing right to the end, then it left me wanting more, simple testimony to a cracking story well told.
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I found this book to be fast paced with interesting characters and very knowledgeable about art theft! It is set in Italy and made me wish to visit all the places it mentions. I read it in just over two days and would definitely buy from the same author again.I have to say that if a book does not grab my attention within the first ten pages I will probably not bother to finish it but this book had me hooked from the off.
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