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The Book of Lamps and Banners by Elizabeth Hand

 

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About The Book of Lamps and Banners:

Acclaimed crime writer Elizabeth Hand returns to her “fiercely frightening yet hauntingly beautiful” cult-favorite series: Photographer Cass Neary is hard-up for cash and in more danger than she realizes on the hunt for an ancient, legendary book (Tess Gerritsen).  Photographer Cass Neary is desperate to get home, and she’s already lost her camera — like losing a limb. Now her only chance is to cash in on a deal that a friend is about to cut for a legendary illuminated manuscript: The Book of Lamps and Banners. Rumored to have been rescued from the Library at Alexandria, the Book is said to contain ancient esoteric knowledge, even an otherworldly power.

So when an intruder brazenly steals the manuscript, Cass and her ex-con lover Quinn must get it back-plunging headlong into a shady underworld where antiquarian booksellers, unhinged tech entrepreneurs, and brutal nationalists all converge. This breathless psychological thriller, featuring one of the greatest amateur sleuths of the past decade, could only come from the mind of Elizabeth Hand.

 

 

Praise For The Book of Lamps and Banners:

 “Kaleidoscopic, dark, and mysterious . . . This novel is a jaw-punch, written with a snarling grace.”
-Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World

“I love Cass Neary . . . . Her latest misadventure is vivid and haunting, braiding the ancient and occult with the unholy frights of the modern world.”
-Steph Cha, author of Your House Will Pay

“Elizabeth Hand has delivered a startling book that is dirty, wise, aching, and almost magical.”
-Ivy Pochoda, author of These Women 

 

 

Reviewed by Lou Pendergrast on 05 August 2020