In Jewish scripture there is a story of God placing 36 good people on
the earth to protect humanity. Without these people, humanity will
perish. The 36 do not know that they are the chosen ones. When these
people start dying off, it is assumed that they are being murdered.
In Copenhagen, a veteran detective, Niels Bentzon is placed in charge of
warning the good people of Denmark to be ready, the question, is how
does he find the good people? During his quest, he meets Hannah Lund,
an astrophysicist. Hannah is drawn in by the mystery.
Meantime, in Venice, another detective has been doing a lot of research
on the same thing, and has amassed a tremendous file. He is also
occupied by looking after his dying mother. His seniors suspend him
because he is so focused on his investigation. Bentzon convinces him to
fax all his material to him.
Bentzon and Hannah study the material. Hannah sees a pattern to the
deaths. She is able to calculate where the remaining two of the 36 will
die. One will be in Copenhagen and one in Venice. Now, it falls on
the pair to find the people who will die and prevent them from going to
the place of death.
Author A. J. Kazinski creates a very exciting and tense thriller in this
novel. It is a book that the reader will find hard to put down.
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